When comparing Jekyde vs JBake, the Slant community recommends Jekyde for most people. In the question“What are the best static site generators?” Jekyde is ranked 12th while JBake is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose Jekyde is:
Markdown and LaTeX can be used at the same time.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Markdown and LaTeX support
Markdown and LaTeX can be used at the same time.
Pro Takes care of conflicts between Markdown and LaTeX
By writing LaTeX formulas as $...$ and $$...$$ all conflicts will be avoided.
Pro Server included
Localhost server is included and can be used to preview content during editing process.
Pro Blog Aware
RSS feed, archive and tag support. Posts/Topics are a first-class citizen in jbake.
Pro Runs on / Control from the JVM
The site generator is just a specific usage of the JBake Java API. As such, jbake is easily integrated into other JVM software.
Pro Typical inputs
Markdown, asciidoc, plain HTML is supported
Pro Open Source (MIT License)
boosts permissive MIT License.
Cons
Con Runs on the JVM
JVM is a double-edged sword (startup time, memory usage, CPU overhead, ...) which might be considered overkill for a static site generator.