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I have only used Jekyll in the past but I would try Hugo nowadays since it's the "brand new stuff" (only because it's written in Go). Jekyll hasn't been abandoned which means that both are good and I'm sure they have the same set of features.

As for using GitHub to host it, it's still free and you can use a custom domain which is nice.

I have been using Hugo, Vercel, and a custom domain for my blog. I have found Hugo + Vercel to work well together. I can't speak for how it compares to Jekyll, but Hugo has been fairly good to work in. I like the development story quite a bit once you get over the initial hump of getting everything setup. I also use Vercel to manage the custom domain, which I consider a bonus.

> Hugo vs. Jekyll

They both work and it's unlikely that either will limit you. Just pick one (I recommend flipping a coin) and go.