Poet vs Jenny
Poet and Jenny are both open source static site generators. Poet is written in JavaScript and Jenny is written in Bash.
| Property | Poet | Jenny |
|---|---|---|
| Language | JavaScript | Bash |
| Templates | Jade | Bash |
| License | MIT | MIT |
Poet benefits
Poet has your code-blogging back. Renders markdown, jade, or any templated files as posts, tag it up with metadata that's passed into any view engine you want, instant pagination, tag and category views, and home in time for dinner.
View the source for jsantell.com to see an example of Poet in use. Much <3 to Brittany Fedor for the sweet art!
Jenny benefits
Goal
Jenny aims to provide the simplest way to blog with the smallest footprint possible.
There are draft and forward (scheduled) posting support. Markdown through a modified Markdown.awk or MultiMarkdown.pl
Pagination is fixed, i.e. your first post will always be in "Page 1".
Settings can be peristed in an rc file or overridden on run time through command arguments.
The default theme is small and light, and the template nimble.