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

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:

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

_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

Repo: https://github.com/anydigital/bladeswitch

Featured by:

• https://11tybundle.dev/starters/
• https://www.11ty.dev/docs/starter/
• https://jekyll-themes.com/
• https://sveltiacms.app/en/docs/start for 11ty & Jekyll
• https://build.blades.ninja/ starter
• https://any.digital/tricks/build-awesome-11ty/#min-starters
• https://github.com/anydigital/awesome-11ty-build-awesome