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by tokyokawasemi 3063 days ago
> I hope a static site generator comes along with an intuitive UI for non-technical people to easily update their own content.

This. (Although it seems a lot of people aren't in agreement) I think there used to be an app called Cactus for Mac that had a GUI and let you generate your own site. This sort of solution could work for people 1) not technical enough to run command line site generators, but 2) technical enough to buy some hosting space to drag their static site onto. If I were a hosting company, maybe I'd explore making an intuitive site generator available for free, in the hopes it could sell some light hosting plans.

For what it's worth, my preferred site generator is Poole (https://github.com/obensonne/poole). I'm not sure why it's not better known.