Jekyll static site generator

E183285

blog-aware static site generator open-source software static site generator

Jekyll is a popular open-source static site generator, written in Ruby, that transforms plain text files into simple, blog-aware websites without requiring a database.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jekyll	7
Jekyll static site generator canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1611094 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jekyll static site generator
Context triple: [Tom Preston-Werner, notableWork, Jekyll static site generator]

A. GitHub Pages
GitHub Pages is a static site hosting service that lets users publish web pages directly from their GitHub repositories.
B. WordPress.com
WordPress.com is a popular hosted blogging and website-building platform that allows users to create and manage websites without needing to run their own server software.
C. Blogger
Blogger is a popular online platform that allows users to create, publish, and manage personal or professional blogs on the web.
D. The Rack
The Rack is a 1956 courtroom drama film about the psychological and moral aftermath of a Korean War veteran’s imprisonment and alleged collaboration with the enemy.
E. pub.dev
pub.dev is the official package repository and discovery site for Dart and Flutter libraries, tools, and plugins.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jekyll static site generator
Target entity description: Jekyll is a popular open-source static site generator, written in Ruby, that transforms plain text files into simple, blog-aware websites without requiring a database.

A. GitHub Pages
GitHub Pages is a static site hosting service that lets users publish web pages directly from their GitHub repositories.
B. WordPress.com
WordPress.com is a popular hosted blogging and website-building platform that allows users to create and manage websites without needing to run their own server software.
C. Blogger
Blogger is a popular online platform that allows users to create, publish, and manage personal or professional blogs on the web.
D. The Rack
The Rack is a 1956 courtroom drama film about the psychological and moral aftermath of a Korean War veteran’s imprisonment and alleged collaboration with the enemy.
E. pub.dev
pub.dev is the official package repository and discovery site for Dart and Flutter libraries, tools, and plugins.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	blog-aware static site generator ⓘ open-source software ⓘ static site generator ⓘ
buildsFrom	HTML files ⓘ Markdown files ⓘ data files ⓘ plain text files ⓘ
category	static site generator ⓘ web development tool ⓘ
command	jekyll build ⓘ jekyll doctor ⓘ jekyll new ⓘ jekyll serve ⓘ
configurationFile	_config.yml ⓘ
defaultContentDirectory	_posts ⓘ
defaultDataDirectory	_data ⓘ
defaultIncludeDirectory	_includes ⓘ
defaultLayoutDirectory	_layouts ⓘ
defaultSiteDirectory	_site ⓘ
designedFor	blogs ⓘ personal websites ⓘ project documentation sites ⓘ
developedIn	Ruby ecosystem ⓘ
ecosystem	Jekyll plugins ⓘ Jekyll themes ⓘ
feature	categories and tags ⓘ collections ⓘ draft posts ⓘ file-based content ⓘ front matter metadata ⓘ incremental regeneration ⓘ layouts and includes ⓘ no database required ⓘ pagination ⓘ permalinks ⓘ plugins ⓘ syntax highlighting ⓘ
hasDocumentation	https://jekyllrb.com/docs ⓘ
hasLogo	Jekyll wordmark logo ⓘ
integratesWith	GitHub Pages ⓘ
license	MIT License ⓘ
output	static website ⓘ
programmingLanguage	Ruby ⓘ
repository	https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll ⓘ
requires	Ruby runtime ⓘ RubyGems ⓘ
supports	RSS/Atom feeds via plugins or templates ⓘ blog-aware features ⓘ custom collections ⓘ custom permalinks ⓘ multilingual sites via plugins ⓘ multiple environments ⓘ
supportsContentFormat	HTML ⓘ Markdown ⓘ Textile ⓘ
supportsDeploymentMethod	CI/CD pipelines ⓘ Git-based deployment ⓘ
supportsFrontMatterFormat	JSON ⓘ TOML ⓘ YAML ⓘ
supportsHostingOn	GitHub Pages ⓘ Netlify ⓘ Vercel ⓘ static web servers ⓘ
supportsOutputFormat	CSS ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ static HTML ⓘ
supportsPluginType	commands ⓘ converters ⓘ generators ⓘ hooks ⓘ
supportsTheme	Gem-based themes ⓘ remote themes ⓘ
supportsVersionControlWorkflow	Git ⓘ
typicalUseCase	developer blogs ⓘ project landing pages ⓘ technical documentation ⓘ
usedBy	GitHub Pages ⓘ
usesBuildModel	static site generation ⓘ
usesTemplateLanguage	Liquid ⓘ
website	https://jekyllrb.com ⓘ

How these facts were elicited