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Zine vs Pelican: catalog facts
Zine	Pelican
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Very fast full rebuilds with live updates Structured content model for larger sites	Imports content from WordPress and RSS feeds Jinja2 themes and a large plugin ecosystem
Beta software with planned features still missing Uses its own content and layout formats to learn	Command-line only, no visual editor Requires Python and some setup
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: AGPL-3.0
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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