<s>
Jekyll	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
static	B-Protocol
site	I-Protocol
generator	I-Protocol
written	O
in	O
Ruby	B-Language
by	O
Tom	O
Preston-Werner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jekyll	B-Protocol
was	O
first	O
released	O
by	O
Tom	O
Preston-Werner	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jekyll	B-Protocol
was	O
later	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
Parker	O
Moore	O
,	O
an	O
employee	O
of	O
GitHub	B-Application
who	O
led	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Jekyll	B-Protocol
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jekyll	B-Protocol
started	O
a	O
web	O
development	O
trend	O
towards	O
static	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jekyll	B-Protocol
was	O
ranked	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
static	B-Protocol
site	I-Protocol
generator	I-Protocol
,	O
largely	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
adoption	O
by	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
the	O
Jamstack	B-Language
formed	O
around	O
Jekyll	B-Protocol
and	O
the	O
other	O
static	B-Protocol
site	I-Protocol
generators	I-Protocol
that	O
it	O
inspired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
chose	O
to	O
retain	O
Jekyll	B-Protocol
version	O
3.x	O
rather	O
than	O
upgrade	O
to	O
4.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Jekyll	B-Protocol
developer	O
Frank	O
Taillandier	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
Jekyll	B-Protocol
codebase	O
"	O
is	O
in	O
frozen	O
mode	O
and	O
permanent	O
hiatus	O
"	O
and	O
recommended	O
users	O
whose	O
needs	O
are	O
not	O
met	O
by	O
the	O
frozen	O
state	O
of	O
Jekyll	B-Protocol
move	O
to	O
Eleventy	O
,	O
another	O
static	B-Protocol
site	I-Protocol
generator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jekyll	B-Protocol
renders	O
Markdown	O
or	O
Textile	B-Language
and	O
Liquid	O
templates	O
,	O
and	O
produces	O
a	O
complete	O
,	O
static	O
website	O
ready	O
to	O
be	O
served	O
by	O
Apache	B-Application
HTTP	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
Nginx	B-Operating_System
or	O
another	O
web	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Static	B-Protocol
site	I-Protocol
generators	I-Protocol
do	O
not	O
use	O
databases	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
pages	O
dynamically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
Jekyll	B-Protocol
supports	O
loading	O
content	O
from	O
YAML	B-Protocol
,	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
,	O
CSV	O
,	O
and	O
TSV	B-Protocol
files	O
into	O
the	O
Liquid	O
templating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jekyll	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
engine	O
behind	O
GitHub	B-Protocol
Pages	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
GitHub	B-Application
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
host	O
websites	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
GitHub	B-Application
repositories	O
for	O
no	O
additional	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jekyll	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
front-end	B-Application
frameworks	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Bootstrap	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jekyll	B-Protocol
sites	O
can	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
cloud-based	O
CMS	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
CloudCannon	O
,	O
Forestry	O
,	O
or	O
Siteleaf	O
,	O
enabling	O
content	O
editors	O
to	O
modify	O
site	O
content	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
know	O
how	O
to	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
Jekyll	B-Protocol
has	O
lot	O
of	O
themes	O
,	O
these	O
themes	O
are	O
powerful	O
,	O
flexible	O
,	O
and	O
feature-rich	O
,	O
each	O
one	O
stored	O
with	O
GitHub	B-Protocol
Pages	I-Protocol
and	O
supported	O
by	O
any	O
web	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
