🥷 Bladeswitch

Ultra-lightweight Blades starter compatible with BOTH Jekyll⇋and⇋11ty (Build Awesome) at the same time.

Killer features

Easy to start, easy to switch:

It allows you to develop locally without Ruby friction (thanks to 11ty), and deploy natively to GitHub Pages using built-in Jekyll engine — no GitHub Actions required!

Also includes Sveltia CMS. All of this — with only 3 direct dependencies:

Minimal dependencies

🥷 × Jekyll 🥷 × 11ty (Build Awesome) 
1. pages-gem-jekyll
via Gemfile
 
1. eleventy-blades
via package.json
 
2. blades.css⁺
as remote_theme via _config.yml or via package.json for 11ty
 
3. pico.css optional
from CDN via _data/site.yml

Quick start

A. Natively, w/o GitHub Actions:

Using Jekyll on GitHub Pages

  1. Click ↑ to init your own repo.
  2. Go to ⚙️ Settings → Pages.
  3. Set Branch to main and Save.
B. Fully preconfigured:
Using 11ty (Build Awesome) on Netlify

All you need

_includes/
└── default.liquid    # YOUR layout template
_data/site.yml        # YOUR site-wide metadata
*.md                  # YOUR content (editable via CMS!)

Under the hood:

_config.yml           # Jekyll config
Gemfile               # Jekyll gems
package.json          # 11ty packages
admin/                # Sveltia CMS configs

More info

Repo: /anydigital/bladeswitch

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