Before going live, execute the built-in Validation Suite (Dashboard > Tools > Validate). This will run 200+ diagnostic checks to ensure every component of your Yekdown Full installation is functioning at 100% capacity.
| Feature | Yekdown (Full) | Hugo | Jekyll | Eleventy | |---------|----------------|------|--------|----------| | No runtime deps | ✅ (single binary) | ✅ (Go) | ❌ (Ruby) | ❌ (Node) | | Build speed (1000 pages) | ~0.2s | ~0.3s | ~12s | ~2.5s | | Built-in asset pipeline | ✅ | Partial | ❌ (needs plugins) | ❌ | | Live reload | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | | Image optimization | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | via plugin | | Learning curve | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
One of the biggest pain points in standard Markdown is creating tables. You have to draw lines using pipes (|) and hyphens (-), which is tedious. yekdown full
With Yekdown Full, you get a WYSIWYG Table Editor:
Even premium software has hiccups. Here is how to fix frequent problems: Before going live, execute the built-in Validation Suite
The hallmark of the "Full" experience is interoperability. You are never locked into a proprietary format. Yekdown Full supports raw data dumps, API connections to over 1000 services, and batch processing that would crash standard editions.
The true power of Yekdown Full lies in its plugin store. Free users cannot install third-party plugins, but Full users have access to a repository of 100+ extensions. You have to draw lines using pipes (
yekdown serve --open