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Pelican vs Hexo: catalog facts
Pelican	Hexo
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Imports content from WordPress and RSS feeds Jinja2 themes and a large plugin ecosystem	Fast generation of large sites One-command deployment
Command-line only, no visual editor Requires Python and some setup	Requires Node.js and command-line use Blog-focused rather than a general web framework
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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