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CMS.js vs Middleman: What are the differences?
CMS.js: Fully Client-Side JavaScript Site Generator. CMS.js is fully client-side, Javascript site generator in the spirit of Jekyll that uses plain ol' HTML, CSS and Javascript to generate your website. CMS.js is like a file-based CMS. It takes your content, renders Markdown and delivers a complete website in Single-Page App fashion...without the aid of server-side scripting (no Node.js, PHP, Ruby, etc.); Middleman: A static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development. Middleman is a command-line tool for creating static websites using all the shortcuts and tools of the modern web development environment.
CMS.js and Middleman can be categorized as "Static Site Generators" tools.
CMS.js and Middleman are both open source tools. Middleman with 6.49K GitHub stars and 696 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than CMS.js with 2.96K GitHub stars and 284 GitHub forks.
Pros of CMS.js
Pros of Middleman
- Rails for static sites20
- Erb, haml, slim18
- Live reload17
- Easy setup7
- Emacs org-mode integration by middleman-org3
- Make front-end easy and rock solid again1