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When comparing Cactus vs Assemble, the Slant community recommends Assemble for most people. In the question“What are the best static site generators?” Assemble is ranked 15th while Cactus is ranked 34th.
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Pros
Pro Many out-of-box plugins
Pro Easy to install and customize
Pro Simple
Pro No dependencies on Ruby, Python... just JavaScript
Pro Built on node.js
Pro Powered by a popular template engine Handlebars
Handlebars is the default template engine for Assemble, but you can add any template any you want.
Pro Highly customizable
Pro Markdown support
Pro Highly extensible
Assemble can be extended with plugins/middleware, helpers and mixins.
Pro Nested layout support
Assemble makes it easy to work with layouts. Layouts are used to "wrap" pages with common page elements, such as a header, footer etc. You can even nest layouts!
Pro Use mainstream build tools Grunt or Gulp
Cons
Con SCSS build time
Slow build time and live reload when using scss framework. ie. Foundation, burbon, ect...
Con Documentation can be hard to navigate
Especially for someone new to Assemble, it can be difficult to find what you're looking for in the documentation.