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ELEVENTY STATIC SITE GENERATOR REACHES END OF LIFE

BRIEFS DESK1 MIN READ
SUN, APR 12, 2026

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The popular Eleventy static site generator project has been officially discontinued, marking the end of support for the framework that powered thousands of developer websites.

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Hacker News

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