I did last week (converted ghost to static) and was half wondering if some self contained binary wouldn't be faster so I feel like this was made for me, but I accept I'm not the typical user
Why not let Clouflare/GitHub/etc do it for you? Free, and you don't have to worry about security and availability.
You just helped to dredge up a memory, which brought me back to this fascinating project:
https://redbean.dev
If this piques your interest, make sure to check out the portable C library used to create it, which is also fascinating:
https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan