Webtrotion was built with a simple idea in mind: most Notion-based builders require at least one of these four things: - A custom domain or a willingness to use a Vercel-like domain. - Blog posts editable in Notion while pages are edited in the repo. - Third-party tools or are not free to use. - Limited configurability because they rely on third parties like Super.so or require editing multiple code files. And I did not want that. We wanted something that converts well into a static site, can be hosted on GitHub for free using the github.io domain, and allows easy configuration for both pages and blog posts. Why Notion and Astro? - I use Notion for all my notes, and it didn't make sense to download them into an MD file, figure out the logistics, and push/pull with other SSGs like Quarto, Eleventy, Hugo, or Jekyll. - I could have used another CMS, but I use Notion, and it's easier to keep the content in one place. Notion also offers unique features that other CMSs don’t: WYSIWYG for various components, block-level permissions (to add drafts to post text), easy collaboration, etc. - There are some NextJS options that kinda fulfill this criteria, but I don't know NextJS and didn’t want to figure it out at the moment, and they often needed publicly shared pages. Webtrotion vs Notion Sites v2? Check out my thoughts here, a post hosted on my site built using Webtrotion.

Nerdy Momo Cat

Webtrotion

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12mo ago

Yafei Lee

Combine Notion and Astro to build an easy-to-configure, free-hosted static site with the ability to proactively configure sync times on both ends. Very powerful~

Kehui Guo

Just Scroll

Awesome! This looks great and super useful for bloggers and even designers who use Notion to build their design portfolios! Great UI as well, I never say no to a cute pixel cat😆

@kehui_guo A cute pixel cat is always a plus! If you try out Webtrotion and have suggestions or comments, I'd love to hear about your experience (including any friction logs). If you're a developer and would like to see some changes, please feel free to open a pull request. :)

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Notion-based configurable static website generator

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