> What's the best static site generator that meets the following requirements: a) Doesn't use node.js.
So even if a node.js solution would be the best solution, you would still not want to use it? Why?
Anyway, I'd recommend to write a static site generator yourself. It isn't very difficult, you get exactly what you need, and you never get stuck because someone abandoned their project or doesn't want to fix the bugs you reported.
Not OP, but asking for a static site generator implies simplicity. Node is pretty famous for generally having large dependency trees and churn with tooling.
It doesn't seem that strange to want to avoid it for such a project.
Not the author. But my main concern would be maintainability issues from package churn. But also that I don't enjoy working with JS and its tooling. It is so common a choice now so it might be worth calling out explicitly.
So even if a node.js solution would be the best solution, you would still not want to use it? Why?
Anyway, I'd recommend to write a static site generator yourself. It isn't very difficult, you get exactly what you need, and you never get stuck because someone abandoned their project or doesn't want to fix the bugs you reported.