Initially published: 2017-01-01 - Last Modified: 2025-12-22

Static hosting for a personal website

This post contains a quick summary describing how this website is actually made, and how it evolved over time.

Static content hosting

The whole website is purely made of static content (HTML pages and mediat assets) and can be easily hosted anywhere.

Over time I've used several hosting platforms:

I'm currently using Netlify, as it offers a very smooth flow.

Static site generation

The source content of this website is mostly made of plaintext Markdown files and is versioned via git.

A Static Site Generator takes care of building the source content into the final HTML pages.

Over time I've used several generators:

I'm currently using Zola, as it perfectly covers all my needs.

Visual editor

From time to time I enjoy using a CMS and writing contents directly from the browser.

I used to use Forestry, as it offered direct integration with Hugo and git.