I moved from SquareSpace to self-hosted Ghost a few years ago. Maybe Ghost or Jekyll? Good luck.
Self-Hosted Main
A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.
For Example
- Service: Dropbox - Alternative: Nextcloud
- Service: Google Reader - Alternative: Tiny Tiny RSS
- Service: Blogger - Alternative: WordPress
We welcome posts that include suggestions for good self-hosted alternatives to popular online services, how they are better, or how they give back control of your data. Also include hints and tips for less technical readers.
Useful Lists
- Awesome-Selfhosted List of Software
- Awesome-Sysadmin List of Software
I've have sites on Jekyll and Hugo. I prefer Hugo.
One of my Hugo sites is very heavy on images and although it's not a photography portfolio, it's a portfolio of progress photos. Almost 1500 images. Hugo builds the site and generates the thumbs in under 3min which is impressive, compared to other SSGs.
I use Go templating in other places so Hugo templates come a lot easier than Jekyll's. It's a bonus in my book.