🥷 Bladeswitch

Ultra-lightweight starter compatible with BOTH Jekyll ⇋ and ⇋ Build Awesome (11ty) at the same time.

Killer switch features

Easy to start, easy to switch:

It allows you to develop locally without Ruby friction (thanks to 11ty), and deploy natively to GitHub Pages using built-in Jekyll engine — no GitHub Actions required!

Now, also includes Sveltia CMS. All of this — with only 3 direct dependencies:

Light dependencies

🥷 × Jekyll ^PREVIEW	🥷 × Build Awesome / 11ty ^PREVIEW
1. pages-gem-jekyll ^{via Gemfile}	1. eleventy-blades ^{via package.json}
2. blades-theme ^{as remote_theme via _config.yml or via package.json for 11ty}
3. pico.css optional ^{from CDN via _data/site.yml}

🥷 × Jekyll ^PREVIEW

🥷 × Build Awesome / 11ty ^PREVIEW

1. pages-gem-jekyll
^{via Gemfile}

1. eleventy-blades
^{via package.json}

2. blades-theme
^{as remote_theme via _config.yml or via package.json for 11ty}

3. pico.css optional
^{from CDN via _data/site.yml}

Quick start

A. Natively, w/o GitHub Actions:

Using Jekyll on GitHub Pages

Click ↑ to init your own repo.
Go to ⚙️ Settings → Pages.
Set Branch to main and Save.

B. Fully preconfigured:

Using 11ty (Build Awesome) on Netlify

All you need

_includes/
└── default.liquid    # YOUR layout template
_data/site.yml        # YOUR site-wide metadata
*.md                  # YOUR content (editable via CMS!)

Under the hood:

_config.yml           # Jekyll config
Gemfile               # Jekyll gems
package.json          # 11ty packages
admin/                # Sveltia CMS configs

More info

Repo: /anydigital/bladeswitch

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