Zola
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Nov 4, 2025first mention
Oct 27, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I use Hugo for one blog [1] and Zola for another [2], I think they're both pretty simple to use”
“Zola[1] is less well-known, but it's easy to install and fast.”
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“I used Zola for my SSG and can't think of the last breaking change I've hit.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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- Jeffgeerling.com has been Migrated to Hugo 1 mention
- Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next? 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are you using for blogging? 1 mention
Data: zola.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“different SSGs (Astro, Hugo, Zola, Lume)”
“I use Hugo for one blog [1] and Zola for another [2], I think they're both pretty simple to use”
“Zola[1] is less well-known, but it's easy to install and fast.”
“uses zola to turn it into a full static site”
“I used Zola for my SSG and can't think of the last breaking change I've hit.”
“I use it for my Zola blog.”
“I use Zola to generate a couple of different sites, one of them a blog.”