SSG (static site generator) - a way to generate static site (without dynamic javascript) by rendering pages at server side and storing them as static html/css files Static Generation describes the process of compiling and rendering a website or app at build time. The output is a bunch of static files, including the HTML file itself and assets like JavaScript and CSS. If you haven’t heard of Static Generation but that concept sounds familiar, you might have heard of it by its longer name Static Site Generation or its acronym SSG.