### Problem to solve Setting up a GitLab pages project is much easier if you have a template to follow. As part of the [Experience Baselines and Recommendations](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/experience-baseline-recommendations/) initiative, it was determined the presence of a template can make the process much less daunting. There are a lot of static site generators and including templates for all of them would be challenging, but support for the most popular SSGs would provide the best chance for a positive experience for most users. Current support for the 20 most popular static site generators as listed by https://www.staticgen.com/ | SSG | Create from template | gitlab-ci.yml template | Example project | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | HTML | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: Next.js | | Jekyll | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: Hugo | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: Gatsby | | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: Hexo | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: Nuxt | | | :white_check_mark: GitBook | :white_check_mark: | | :white_check_mark: VuePress | | | :white_check_mark: Docusaurus | | Pelican | | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: MkDocs | | | :white_check_mark: React Static | | Metalsmith | | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: Brunch | | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: Middleman | | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: Harp | | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: Expose | | Assemble | | Gridsome | | ### Intended users Users with projects that use any static website generator or plain HTML that wish to leverage GitLab pages. ### Proposal For the top static site generators, add templates to the gitlab-ci.yml templates. - Next.js - Nuxt - Gitbook - VuePress ### Links / references [Experience Baselines and Recommendations](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/experience-baseline-recommendations/) [Experience Baselines and Recommendation: Release Q2](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/1326)