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🥷 Bladeswitch

The only starter compatible with BOTH (!) Jekyll⇋Eleventy at the same time.

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!

Now, also includes Sveltia CMS. All of this — with only 3 direct dependencies:

Minimal Dependencies

🥷v.Jekyll  PREVIEW	🥷v.Eleventy  PREVIEW
1. pages-gem-jekyll via Gemfile	1. eleventy-bricks via package.json
2. bricks-theme as remote_theme via _config.yml or via package.json for 11ty
3. pico.css optional from CDN via _data/site.yml

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Quick Deploy

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 Eleventy on Netlify

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All You Need

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

Under the Hood

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

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

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Featured in:

• https://11tybundle.dev/starters/
• https://www.11ty.dev/docs/starter/
• https://sveltiacms.app/en/docs/start#starter-templates
• https://sveltiacms.app/en/docs/frameworks/eleventy
• https://sveltiacms.app/en/docs/frameworks/jekyll
• https://any.digital/tricks/11ty/#min-starters