A curated list of services for static websites.
Inspired by the awesome list thing.
- Editors
- Command Line Tools
- Themes
- Static Site Generators
- Embeddable Content
- Code
- Community
- Static Hosting
- E-Commerce
- Search
- Analytics
- [Appernetic] (https://appernetic.io) - A Static Site Generator as a Service.
- Prose - A beautifully simple content authoring environment for static websites.
- Content Editor- A web interface for editing documents on GitHub.
- potion - A github-pages compatible editor for Jekyll blogs.
- jekyll-post-via-web - Html page that allows you to post new articles to your Github hosted site.
- Github's Online Interface - You can just edit your site in Github's online interface if your site's code is hosted on Github.
- Siteleaf- Online editor content manager that allows you to publish anywhere, including Github Pages, and it has Jekyll support.
- Surreal CMS - Hosted CMS for static sites over FTP or Amazon S3.
- MrHyde - Allows you to write and edit posts on Github.
- Git2Go - A git client for iPhone and iPad.
- Working Copy - A powerful git client for iOS.
- Mou - Markdown editor for developers.
- Markdown Plus - A markdown editor with extra features.
- Ulysses - A markdown editor for OS X and iPad.
- Typora - A beautifully minimal markdown editor for OS X and Windows, with seamless live preview.
- MacDown - The open source Markdown editor for OS X. Heavily influenced by Mou.
- drjekyll - The missing static site theme package manager.
- Gynn - Generate your Jekyll blog files and sends them through FTP.
- (JBH) Jekyll Blog Helper - A shell script to help manage a Jekyll blog site.
- mrhyde - Static site quick starter script wizard.
- jtasks - A set of configurable tasks for Jekyll projects.
- JekyllThemes.org - Website showcasing Jekyll themes.
- Jekyll Wiki Themes- List of themes on the Jekyll wiki.
- JekyllThemes.io - Premium and Free Jekyll Themes.
- StaticGen- Website showing static site generators and a lot of info about them.
- SoundCloud - Audio hosting with an embeddable player. Up to 3 hours of content is free.
- Mixcloud - Audio hosting with unlimited uploads and an embeddable player.
- Spotify- You can embed any song, album, or playlist with a Spotify Play Button.
- Google Books - Allows you to display the books in your Google Books Library.
- Goodreads API and widgets - Allows you to access any of the Goodreads data. Widgets are found on the widgets tab on your settings page.
- Google Calendar - Embeddable calendar that you can collaborate with other people.
- Booking.js - Beautiful embeddable booking widget.
- zenplanner - Paid - Online scheduling for fitness.
- Flickr - Online photo hosting by Yahoo.
- Google Maps - Google maps are easily embeddable.
- Mapbox - Really nice looking embeddable maps.
- Prezi - Online presentations with really transitions that can zoom and rotate.
- Reveal.js - HTML presentation framework.
- Slides.com - A place for creating, presenting and sharing slide decks.
- SpeakerDeck - Upload your slides as a PDF, and get an online, shareable presentation.
- YouTube - Embeddable videos with unlimited uploads.
- Vimeo - Paid - Embeddable videos with no ads.
- Vevo - Embeddable music videos.
- Vine - Embeddable vine videos.
- Wistia - Free plan has a limit of 25 videos.
- Sketch Fab - Embeddable 3D content.
- Codepen - A playground of embeddable front-end code examples.
- JS Bin - Embeddable front-end code examples.
- JSFiddle - Embeddable front-end code examples.
- Disqus - Easily embeddable comments with nested replies, multiple login methods, and email notifications.
- Facebook Comments - Embeddable comments for your site by Facebook.
- IntenseDebate Comments - Embeddable comments with nested replies, multiple login methods, and email notifications.
- LiveFyre - Real-time comments, SEO-optimized, stocked with social features, and beautiful on both desktop and mobile.
- Redditjs Embed Widget - Embed Reddit comments on your site. If it hasn't been posted, it will show a link to encourage the user to submit.
- Formspree - Receive emails from a form on your static website.
- elFormo - Simple form processing and response retrieval via email.
- Flipmail - Simple form processing and response retrieval via email.
- MailThis- Simple form submissions via email with optional attachments.
- Simple Form - Simple forms with optional file attachments, email notifications, and online submission viewing.
- Google Forms- Saves results into Google Sheets and can email you when there is a submission.
- FormKeep - Paid - View form submissions in a beautiful web interface. It has spam filtering and it integrates with webhooks such as Gmail, Trello, and Basecamp.
- 123 Contact Form - Connects to other online services such at MailChimp, Salesforce, and Google Drive. It also integreates with payment Processers and includes security and analytics.
- FormAssembly
- FormSite - Form buider, with payments, and form management.
- FormStack - Forms with A/B testing, partial submission, analytics, and integrations.
- Sheetsu - POST and GET your data to Google Spreadsheet.
- Typeform - Awesome forms that can be embedded.
- Wufoo - Free or Paid - Forms that you can build with a form designer, with notifications, reports, and payments.
- Zoho - Forms with file upload and captcha.
- Github Issues - This is an interesting way for developers to get comments/questions. See github.com/sindresorhus/ama for an example.
- jivochat - JivoSite is a professional live chat for websites that was specifically designed to increase your online sales.
- LiveChat - Live chat on your website.
- Olark - Live chat on your website. You can also see who's on your website and what they're doing.
- SnapEngage - Live chat with integrations and custom styles.
- tawk.co - Lets you monitor and chat with visitors on your website.
- WebsiteAlive - Live chat for your website & social networks.
- Zopim - Live chat with free trial.
- MailChimp - Free email marketing. You can pay to add more features.
- Constant Contact - Email marketing with campaigns, autoresponders, and analytics.
- AWeber - Email marketing with campaigns, autoresponders, and analytics.
- Campaign Monitor - Email marketing with campaigns, autoresponders, and analytics.
- MailerLite - Free email marketing. You can pay for more subscribers.
- Google+ - Google+ embedded post.
- Pinterest - Pin It Button.
- Twitter - Embedded tweets.
- Facebook - Facebook embedded plugins.
- ShareThis - Sharing buttons for multiple social networks.
- Storify - Embed various social media in one place.
- Google Forms - You can use Google forms for surveys or for forms on your site.
- SurveyMonkey - Easy to use and free surveys.
- Typeform - Really beautiful forms.
- Qualaroo - Embed surveys anywhere on your website that comes up from the bottom right side of the screen.
- Github Pages - Free hosting from Github.
- Pancake - Simple and easy to use. Works with git or Dropbox.
- paperplane.io - Really simple static hosting with Github or Dropbox.
- cloudcannon - Allows you to create static sites that are editable by non-developers.
- Netlify - Premium hosting service for static websites.
- Firebase Hosting - Rapid deployment and a fast CDN.
- surge - Free hosting with your custom domain and it has a nice command line tool that works with grunt, gulp, and npm.
- Forge - Static web hosting made simple, sync with github and publish to CDN and optimize your javascript.
- CloudCannon - Hosting for static websites where developers can set it up so that non-developers can edit the site.
- BowTie - Static website hosting with online editor (using prose).
- s3_website - Manage an S3 website: sync, deliver via CloudFront, benefit from advanced S3 website features.
- Ecwid - Embeddable shopping cart.
- FoxyCart - Add a shopping cart with basic html code.
- SnipCart - Include a few lines of code for a full online shop.
- lunr.js - Simple full-text search in your browser.
- Google Custom Search Engine - Search your site with a custom Google Search.
- Google Analytics - Free website analytics.
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