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Awesome 11ty / Build Awesome

A collection of awesome Eleventy starters, plugins, articles, sites and more ↗

Eleventy is now Build Awesome

Jul 31 : Build Awesome Kit released (contrib) : including 11-in-1 Micro-Starter[s] and Content-First Starter

Jul 1 : ~~Build Awesome (11ty) v4.0.0-alpha.9 released~~ : ... and shortly hotfixed by Build Awesome (11ty) v4.0.0-alpha.10

Jun 17
: Build Awesome (11ty) v4.0.0-alpha.8 released (first ever)
: https://github.com/11ty/buildawesome became the new name for 11ty/eleventy repo
: Web Awesome Discord welcomed Build Awesome (to become just Awesome Discord)

Apr 28..May 28 : New Kickstarter campaign secured ~$100K from 800+ backers

Apr 29 : Build Awesome Pro Kickstarter AMA @ YouTube

Mar 20 : Eleventy v4.0.0-alpha.7 released with a note: : "this may be one of the last canary releases before you see some names start to change to Build Awesome"

Mar 13 : AMA about Build Awesome, an Open Town Hall with Zach Leatherman @ YouTube

Mar 3..6 : Original Kickstarter and why it was canceled @ FA

Mar 3 : Official announcement

Starters

Curated list of ~40 starters @ 11ty Bundle
Curated list of minimal starters @ Build Awesome Kit
Curated list of starters for @ Sveltia CMS
A larger list of 150+ community starters @ 11ty.dev

Build Awesome starters:

Content-First : Best content-first micro-starter powered by Build Awesome Kit and Blades CSS.

Micro-Starter[s] : Modern 11-in-1 micro-starter showcasing Build Awesome Kit for: [1] Blades CSS [2] Pico CSS [3] Bootstrap CSS [4] Web Awesome [5] Sveltia CMS [6] Liquid (templates) [7] Tailwind CSS [8] Shotpipe (OG images) [9] Content-First 🔥 [10] Bare Build Awesome Kit (plugin) [11] Bare Build Awesome Kit (scripts).

Featured Eleventy starters:

Extended Blog : An Eleventy blog template with an AI-powered blog post editor. @ Google Chrome

Digital Obsidian Garden : Turn your Obsidian vault into a beautiful website. Free, open-source, and entirely yours.

Web Awesome SSR : Bare bones 11ty + Web Awesome setup using SSR.

Plugins

Official plugins @ 11ty.dev
A larger list of ~100 community plugins @ 11ty.dev

Build Awesome plugins:

Build Awesome Kit : Lightweight plugin with essential opt-out features, filters, and scripts. Use it standalone OR fully pre-configured with other popular plugins OR via one of our micro-starters.

Featured Eleventy plugins:

Table of Contents : Simple and configurable table of contents generation for Eleventy.

Shotpipe (OG images) : Open Graph images for Eleventy — with zero build-time cost.