When comparing Jux vs Hexo, the Slant community recommends Hexo for most people. In the question“What are the best solutions for a personal blog?” Hexo is ranked 6th while Jux is ranked 23rd.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Visual follow feature
Jux allows following people. Follower and following lists are displayed in a visual way - showing 3 most recent entries in an aesthetically pleasing way.
Pro Google Street View integration
Pick an address, a title and a caption and post. Readers of your blog will not only be able to view the exact angle at which you've pointed the view, but also pan around to see the surroundings.
Pro Includes comments out of the box
You can leave response to any post.
Pro Custom domain support
You can set up Jux to use your own domain.
Pro Fast and easy to use
Pro Deployment is easy and fast
Hexo built sites can be easily deployed to Github pages, Heroku, Openshift (custom cartridge needs to be setup) or any other custom solution (just copy over thepublic
folder). Any deployment is as simple as editing the _config.yml
file and running the hexo deploy
command
Pro Generating a blog is pretty fast
Generating a new blog with Hexo is generally really fast. Hexo truly lives up to it's name as a simple and fast static website generator.
Pro Constantly updated and actively maintained
Hexo's repository in GitHub is very active and it's actively being maintained. Updates are released every two or three months.
Pro Complete and helpful documentation
Hexo's documentation is very thorough and helpful, especially for people who are just starting with it.
Cons
Con closed down
Con Relatively large community but the majority is non-english speakers
Hexo has a relatively large following and community, especially in China. While this is certainly a positive, many developers who do not know chinese would be unable to follow all the guides and tutorials out there written by their chineses counterparts.