Based on a quick search for static blog generators, the following would be the top options:
* Hugo
* Eleventy
* Pelican
There are a ton of #Javascript based solutions. I'd much prefer a solution in a language I’m familiar with, thus Go or Python.
For Go: Hugo, Gozer, Journey,
For Python: ABlog, Hyde, Makesite, Nikola, Pelican, Stapy, Tinkerer.
For the first round of selection I will look at: 1) is the project active; 2) GitHub stars, 3) suggestions from Fediverse
@al3x also, Fathom for analytics and Hybor for comments (but I might end up ditching comments).
@al3x I just use jekyll and github (github.com/dashorst/martijndashorst.com) works pretty well: just write markdown posts, push and github's renderer publishes for me.
Only downside for me is no plugins.