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The problem with Lektor is that it looks semi-abandoned, even though it's pretty young. Last I looked, the repo has a bunch of PRs that have gone unreplied-to for months.

A local web GUI for easier "content management", and a flat-file storage scheme of the content (without needing a database to store the content); that's what makes lektor different from other static site generators (SSGs). (The dev team behind this platform is great by the way!) Beyond these benefits, the rest is very similar to what other SSGs offer - including both the good and the bad that comes with any/all SSGs.

While lektor ultimately didn't meet my needs, I suggest that you give it a try, and see if perhaps it fits your use-case.

What is the benefit of lektor over nikola and pelican?

I've used lektor and pelican but not nikola. Lektor provides a nice gui where pelican does not (ime). They both work well and pelican seems to have more themes due to it being older.

I ended up with wordpres (shrugs).

Lektor is based on a flat file ORM so you can structure your data as you like.