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Moving Away From Content Management Systems (CMSs) and Flocking to Static Site Generators (SSGs)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 10, 2025

Our SSG began being used in 2022 in the sister site. A year later it was deployed here and it's still evolving, it is still being developed and improved. Our SSG does both HTTP/S and Gemini Protocol (GemText). It does them at the same time, in tandem.

Since deploying the SSG we've spent a lot less time dealing with technical issues or troubleshooting (earlier today we had some issues, which might be due to abusive traffic, but that's an external factor). Our audience increased and someone asked me about our SSG this week, saying he'd like to deploy it for his own usage or for an organisation he looks after.

The SSG 'hype' is not based on marketing but a simple reality. As I put it in IRC the other day: "SSG Envy [n.]: when people deal with bloated and complex CMS that requires many updates and breaks sometimes, or has compatibility issues, whereupon a simpler, K.I.S.S. option is desirable. ex: Ron's Drupal site lost compatibility issue when Drupal 6 was out of support; he SSG-envied Dan's Ghost site."

Maybe some time in the near future (a year or two) sites that use SSGs will exceed in number those that use WordPress. Maybe not.

I've been deeply involved in WordPress since 2004 and I never want to deploy it again, ever. WordPress (and not just WordPress) became very bloated and complicated. Others say the same thing. Earlier this month we saw some who say so and begin migrating their sites to an SSG. █