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GitHub Pages is powered by Jekyll, so you can easily deploy your site using GitHub for free— custom domain name and all. Learn more about GitHub Pages →. Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.
Jekyll is a static site generator. It takes text written in your favorite markup language and uses layouts to create a static website. You can tweak the site’s look and feel, URLs, the data displayed on the page, and more.
Official guide to install Jekyll on macOS, GNU/Linux or Windows.
This tutorial takes you from having some front-end web development experience to building your first Jekyll site from scratch without relying on the default gem-based theme.
The Jekyll gem makes a jekyll executable available to you in your terminal. The jekyll program has several commands but the structure is always: jekyll command [argument] [option] [argument_to_option] Examples: jekyll new site/ --blank. jekyll serve --config _alternative_config.yml.
Step-by-step processes through particular scenarios or challenges. Full walk-throughs using sample data, showing inputs and results from the sample data. Detailed explanation about the pros and cons for different Jekyll strategies. End-to-end instruction in developing a complete feature on a Jekyll site.
Installation via RubyInstaller. The easiest way to install Ruby and Jekyll is by using the RubyInstaller for Windows. RubyInstaller is a self-contained Windows-based installer that includes the Ruby language, an execution environment, important documentation, and more. We only cover RubyInstaller-2.4 and newer here.
Themes. Jekyll has an extensive theme system that allows you to leverage community-maintained templates and styles to customize your site’s presentation. Jekyll themes specify plugins and package up assets, layouts, includes, and stylesheets in a way that can be overridden by your site’s content.
Jekyll’s growing community produces wide variety of themes, plugins, tutorials and other resources that can be helpful. Below is a collection of links to some of the most popular Jekyll resources.
Jekyll powers many company websites; here are a few nice ones: Ruby on Rails. Sketch. Spotify for Developers. frame.ai. Release Management Blog. Yeoman. Twitch Developer Documentation. Netflix Devices.
