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Pelican vs Zola: catalog facts
Pelican	Zola
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
Command line	Windows, Command line
Imports content from WordPress and RSS feeds Jinja2 themes and a large plugin ecosystem	Single binary with no dependencies to install Sass and syntax highlighting built in
Command-line only, no visual editor Requires Python and some setup	Built-in features cover most needs but there is no plugin system Requires learning its template engine
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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