diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-bundler/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-bundler/src/index.ts
index 10995162d761..65b2d5803340 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-bundler/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-bundler/src/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ export {
 } from './currentBundler';
 
 export {getMinimizers} from './minification';
-export {getHtmlMinifier, type HtmlMinifier} from './minifyHtml';
+export {
+  getHtmlMinifier,
+  type HtmlMinifier,
+  type HtmlMinifierType,
+} from './minifyHtml';
 export {createJsLoaderFactory} from './loaders/jsLoader';
 export {createStyleLoadersFactory} from './loaders/styleLoader';
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-bundler/src/minifyHtml.ts b/packages/docusaurus-bundler/src/minifyHtml.ts
index f2c3eeec2a0c..d50809bcf673 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-bundler/src/minifyHtml.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-bundler/src/minifyHtml.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 
 import {minify as terserHtmlMinifier} from 'html-minifier-terser';
 import {importSwcHtmlMinifier} from './importFaster';
-import type {DocusaurusConfig} from '@docusaurus/types';
 
 // Historical env variable
 const SkipHtmlMinification = process.env.SKIP_HTML_MINIFICATION === 'true';
 
+export type HtmlMinifierType = 'swc' | 'terser';
+
 export type HtmlMinifierResult = {
   code: string;
   warnings: string[];
@@ -25,24 +26,15 @@ const NoopMinifier: HtmlMinifier = {
   minify: async (html: string) => ({code: html, warnings: []}),
 };
 
-type SiteConfigSlice = {
-  future: {
-    experimental_faster: Pick<
-      DocusaurusConfig['future']['experimental_faster'],
-      'swcHtmlMinimizer'
-    >;
-  };
-};
-
 export async function getHtmlMinifier({
-  siteConfig,
+  type,
 }: {
-  siteConfig: SiteConfigSlice;
+  type: HtmlMinifierType;
 }): Promise<HtmlMinifier> {
   if (SkipHtmlMinification) {
     return NoopMinifier;
   }
-  if (siteConfig.future.experimental_faster.swcHtmlMinimizer) {
+  if (type === 'swc') {
     return getSwcMinifier();
   } else {
     return getTerserMinifier();
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/perfLogger.ts b/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/perfLogger.ts
index ceac6353b3f1..77b911dd94ad 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/perfLogger.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-logger/src/perfLogger.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import logger from './logger';
 
 // For now this is a private env variable we use internally
 // But we'll want to expose this feature officially some day
-const PerfDebuggingEnabled: boolean = !!process.env.DOCUSAURUS_PERF_LOGGER;
+const PerfDebuggingEnabled: boolean =
+  process.env.DOCUSAURUS_PERF_LOGGER === 'true';
 
 const Thresholds = {
   min: 5,
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ const Thresholds = {
   red: 1000,
 };
 
-const PerfPrefix = logger.yellow(`[PERF] `);
+const PerfPrefix = logger.yellow(`[PERF]`);
 
 // This is what enables to "see the parent stack" for each log
 // Parent1 > Parent2 > Parent3 > child trace
@@ -42,6 +43,14 @@ type Memory = {
   after: NodeJS.MemoryUsage;
 };
 
+function getMemory(): NodeJS.MemoryUsage {
+  // Before reading memory stats, we explicitly call the GC
+  // Note: this only works when Node.js option "--expose-gc" is provided
+  globalThis.gc?.();
+
+  return process.memoryUsage();
+}
+
 function createPerfLogger(): PerfLoggerAPI {
   if (!PerfDebuggingEnabled) {
     const noop = () => {};
@@ -73,29 +82,35 @@ function createPerfLogger(): PerfLoggerAPI {
     );
   };
 
+  const formatStatus = (error: Error | undefined): string => {
+    return error ? logger.red('[KO]') : ''; // logger.green('[OK]');
+  };
+
   const printPerfLog = ({
     label,
     duration,
     memory,
+    error,
   }: {
     label: string;
     duration: number;
     memory: Memory;
+    error: Error | undefined;
   }) => {
     if (duration < Thresholds.min) {
       return;
     }
     console.log(
-      `${PerfPrefix + label} - ${formatDuration(duration)} - ${formatMemory(
-        memory,
-      )}`,
+      `${PerfPrefix}${formatStatus(error)} ${label} - ${formatDuration(
+        duration,
+      )} - ${formatMemory(memory)}`,
     );
   };
 
   const start: PerfLoggerAPI['start'] = (label) =>
     performance.mark(label, {
       detail: {
-        memoryUsage: process.memoryUsage(),
+        memoryUsage: getMemory(),
       },
     });
 
@@ -110,30 +125,42 @@ function createPerfLogger(): PerfLoggerAPI {
       duration,
       memory: {
         before: memoryUsage,
-        after: process.memoryUsage(),
+        after: getMemory(),
       },
+      error: undefined,
     });
   };
 
   const log: PerfLoggerAPI['log'] = (label: string) =>
-    console.log(PerfPrefix + applyParentPrefix(label));
+    console.log(`${PerfPrefix} ${applyParentPrefix(label)}`);
 
   const async: PerfLoggerAPI['async'] = async (label, asyncFn) => {
     const finalLabel = applyParentPrefix(label);
     const before = performance.now();
-    const memoryBefore = process.memoryUsage();
-    const result = await ParentPrefix.run(finalLabel, () => asyncFn());
-    const memoryAfter = process.memoryUsage();
-    const duration = performance.now() - before;
-    printPerfLog({
-      label: finalLabel,
-      duration,
-      memory: {
-        before: memoryBefore,
-        after: memoryAfter,
-      },
-    });
-    return result;
+    const memoryBefore = getMemory();
+
+    const asyncEnd = ({error}: {error: Error | undefined}) => {
+      const memoryAfter = getMemory();
+      const duration = performance.now() - before;
+      printPerfLog({
+        error,
+        label: finalLabel,
+        duration,
+        memory: {
+          before: memoryBefore,
+          after: memoryAfter,
+        },
+      });
+    };
+
+    try {
+      const result = await ParentPrefix.run(finalLabel, () => asyncFn());
+      asyncEnd({error: undefined});
+      return result;
+    } catch (e) {
+      asyncEnd({error: e as Error});
+      throw e;
+    }
   };
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/config.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/config.d.ts
index e8e4a4611547..575be4a6fd57 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-types/src/config.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-types/src/config.d.ts
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ export type DocusaurusConfig = {
    *
    * @see https://docusaurus.io/docs/api/docusaurus-config#ssrTemplate
    */
+  // TODO Docusaurus v4 - rename to ssgTemplate?
   ssrTemplate?: string;
   /**
    * Will be used as title delimiter in the generated `<title>` tag.
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/renderToHtml.tsx b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/renderToHtml.tsx
index 0f79eb5bbe7e..dcfcea16d678 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/renderToHtml.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/renderToHtml.tsx
@@ -7,74 +7,22 @@
 
 import type {ReactNode} from 'react';
 import {renderToPipeableStream} from 'react-dom/server';
-import {Writable} from 'stream';
+import {PassThrough} from 'node:stream';
+import {text} from 'node:stream/consumers';
 
+// See also https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/31134
+// See also https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/9985#issuecomment-2396367797
 export async function renderToHtml(app: ReactNode): Promise<string> {
-  // Inspired from
-  // https://react.dev/reference/react-dom/server/renderToPipeableStream#waiting-for-all-content-to-load-for-crawlers-and-static-generation
-  // https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/blob/master/packages/gatsby/cache-dir/static-entry.js
-  const writableStream = new WritableAsPromise();
-
-  const {pipe} = renderToPipeableStream(app, {
-    onError(error) {
-      writableStream.destroy(error as Error);
-    },
-    onAllReady() {
-      pipe(writableStream);
-    },
-  });
-
-  return writableStream.getPromise();
-}
-
-// WritableAsPromise inspired by https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/blob/master/packages/gatsby/cache-dir/server-utils/writable-as-promise.js
-
-/* eslint-disable no-underscore-dangle */
-class WritableAsPromise extends Writable {
-  private _output: string;
-  private _deferred: {
-    promise: Promise<string> | null;
-    resolve: (value: string) => void;
-    reject: (reason: Error) => void;
-  };
-
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-    this._output = ``;
-    this._deferred = {
-      promise: null,
-      resolve: () => null,
-      reject: () => null,
-    };
-    this._deferred.promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this._deferred.resolve = resolve;
-      this._deferred.reject = reject;
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const passThrough = new PassThrough();
+    const {pipe} = renderToPipeableStream(app, {
+      onError(error) {
+        reject(error);
+      },
+      onAllReady() {
+        pipe(passThrough);
+        text(passThrough).then(resolve, reject);
+      },
     });
-  }
-
-  override _write(
-    chunk: {toString: () => string},
-    _enc: unknown,
-    next: () => void,
-  ) {
-    this._output += chunk.toString();
-    next();
-  }
-
-  override _destroy(error: Error | null, next: (error?: Error | null) => void) {
-    if (error instanceof Error) {
-      this._deferred.reject(error);
-    } else {
-      next();
-    }
-  }
-
-  override end() {
-    this._deferred.resolve(this._output);
-    return this.destroy();
-  }
-
-  getPromise(): Promise<string> {
-    return this._deferred.promise!;
-  }
+  });
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/serverEntry.tsx b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/serverEntry.tsx
index 84cea7e9bfb7..b06068c45816 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/serverEntry.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/serverEntry.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ const render: AppRenderer = async ({pathname}) => {
   const html = await renderToHtml(app);
 
   const collectedData: PageCollectedData = {
+    // TODO Docusaurus v4 refactor: helmet state is non-serializable
+    //  this makes it impossible to run SSG in a worker thread
     helmet: (helmetContext as FilledContext).helmet,
+
     anchors: statefulBrokenLinks.getCollectedAnchors(),
     links: statefulBrokenLinks.getCollectedLinks(),
     modules: Array.from(modules),
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
index c886a0c8332d..7dbcd0ca83bf 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import {compile, getHtmlMinifier} from '@docusaurus/bundler';
+import {compile} from '@docusaurus/bundler';
 import logger, {PerfLogger} from '@docusaurus/logger';
-import {DOCUSAURUS_VERSION, mapAsyncSequential} from '@docusaurus/utils';
+import {mapAsyncSequential} from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {loadSite, loadContext, type LoadContextParams} from '../server/site';
 import {handleBrokenLinks} from '../server/brokenLinks';
 import {createBuildClientConfig} from '../webpack/client';
@@ -19,26 +19,12 @@ import {
   createConfigureWebpackUtils,
   executePluginsConfigureWebpack,
 } from '../webpack/configure';
-
 import {loadI18n} from '../server/i18n';
-import {
-  generateHashRouterEntrypoint,
-  generateStaticFiles,
-  loadAppRenderer,
-} from '../ssg';
-import {
-  compileSSRTemplate,
-  renderHashRouterTemplate,
-} from '../templates/templates';
-import defaultSSRTemplate from '../templates/ssr.html.template';
-import type {SSGParams} from '../ssg';
-
-import type {Manifest} from 'react-loadable-ssr-addon-v5-slorber';
+import {executeSSG} from '../ssg/ssgExecutor';
 import type {
   ConfigureWebpackUtils,
   LoadedPlugin,
   Props,
-  RouterType,
 } from '@docusaurus/types';
 import type {SiteCollectedData} from '../common';
 
@@ -147,7 +133,7 @@ async function buildLocale({
   siteDir: string;
   locale: string;
   cliOptions: Partial<BuildCLIOptions>;
-}): Promise<string> {
+}): Promise<void> {
   // Temporary workaround to unlock the ability to translate the site config
   // We'll remove it if a better official API can be designed
   // See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/4542
@@ -225,72 +211,6 @@ async function buildLocale({
     process.cwd(),
     outDir,
   )}.`;
-
-  return outDir;
-}
-
-async function executeSSG({
-  props,
-  serverBundlePath,
-  clientManifestPath,
-  router,
-}: {
-  props: Props;
-  serverBundlePath: string;
-  clientManifestPath: string;
-  router: RouterType;
-}): Promise<{collectedData: SiteCollectedData}> {
-  const manifest: Manifest = await PerfLogger.async(
-    'Read client manifest',
-    () => fs.readJSON(clientManifestPath, 'utf-8'),
-  );
-
-  const ssrTemplate = await PerfLogger.async('Compile SSR template', () =>
-    compileSSRTemplate(props.siteConfig.ssrTemplate ?? defaultSSRTemplate),
-  );
-
-  const params: SSGParams = {
-    trailingSlash: props.siteConfig.trailingSlash,
-    outDir: props.outDir,
-    baseUrl: props.baseUrl,
-    manifest,
-    headTags: props.headTags,
-    preBodyTags: props.preBodyTags,
-    postBodyTags: props.postBodyTags,
-    ssrTemplate,
-    noIndex: props.siteConfig.noIndex,
-    DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
-  };
-
-  if (router === 'hash') {
-    PerfLogger.start('Generate Hash Router entry point');
-    const content = renderHashRouterTemplate({params});
-    await generateHashRouterEntrypoint({content, params});
-    PerfLogger.end('Generate Hash Router entry point');
-    return {collectedData: {}};
-  }
-
-  const [renderer, htmlMinifier] = await Promise.all([
-    PerfLogger.async('Load App renderer', () =>
-      loadAppRenderer({
-        serverBundlePath,
-      }),
-    ),
-    PerfLogger.async('Load HTML minifier', () =>
-      getHtmlMinifier({siteConfig: props.siteConfig}),
-    ),
-  ]);
-
-  const ssgResult = await PerfLogger.async('Generate static files', () =>
-    generateStaticFiles({
-      pathnames: props.routesPaths,
-      renderer,
-      params,
-      htmlMinifier,
-    }),
-  );
-
-  return ssgResult;
 }
 
 async function executePluginsPostBuild({
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/common.d.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/common.d.ts
index 0355ef25b59c..c8271207da27 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/common.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/common.d.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ export type AppRenderer = (params: {
 }) => Promise<AppRenderResult>;
 
 export type PageCollectedData = {
+  // TODO Docusaurus v4 refactor: helmet state is non-serializable
+  //  this makes it impossible to run SSG in a worker thread
   helmet: HelmetServerState;
+
   links: string[];
   anchors: string[];
   modules: string[];
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssg.ts
similarity index 70%
rename from packages/docusaurus/src/ssg.ts
rename to packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssg.ts
index 78895e4b1c6e..d7de5b4f181e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssg.ts
@@ -12,34 +12,37 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import evaluate from 'eval';
 import pMap from 'p-map';
 import logger, {PerfLogger} from '@docusaurus/logger';
-import {renderSSRTemplate} from './templates/templates';
-import type {AppRenderer, AppRenderResult, SiteCollectedData} from './common';
+import {getHtmlMinifier} from '@docusaurus/bundler';
+import {
+  compileSSGTemplate,
+  renderSSGTemplate,
+  type SSGTemplateCompiled,
+} from './ssgTemplate';
+import {SSGConcurrency, writeStaticFile} from './ssgUtils';
+import type {SSGParams} from './ssgParams';
+import type {AppRenderer, AppRenderResult, SiteCollectedData} from '../common';
 import type {HtmlMinifier} from '@docusaurus/bundler';
 
-import type {Manifest} from 'react-loadable-ssr-addon-v5-slorber';
-import type {SSRTemplateCompiled} from './templates/templates';
-
-export type SSGParams = {
-  trailingSlash: boolean | undefined;
-  manifest: Manifest;
-  headTags: string;
-  preBodyTags: string;
-  postBodyTags: string;
-  outDir: string;
-  baseUrl: string;
-  noIndex: boolean;
-  DOCUSAURUS_VERSION: string;
-  ssrTemplate: SSRTemplateCompiled;
+type SSGSuccessResult = {
+  collectedData: AppRenderResult['collectedData'];
+  // html: we don't include it on purpose!
+  // we don't need to aggregate all html contents in memory!
+  // html contents can be GC as soon as they are written to disk
 };
 
-// Secret way to set SSR plugin concurrency option
-// Waiting for feedback before documenting this officially?
-const Concurrency = process.env.DOCUSAURUS_SSR_CONCURRENCY
-  ? parseInt(process.env.DOCUSAURUS_SSR_CONCURRENCY, 10)
-  : // Not easy to define a reasonable option default
-    // Will still be better than Infinity
-    // See also https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-map/issues/24
-    32;
+type SSGSuccess = {
+  pathname: string;
+  error: null;
+  result: SSGSuccessResult;
+  warnings: string[];
+};
+type SSGError = {
+  pathname: string;
+  error: Error;
+  result: null;
+  warnings: string[];
+};
+type SSGResult = SSGSuccess | SSGError;
 
 export async function loadAppRenderer({
   serverBundlePath,
@@ -86,30 +89,6 @@ export async function loadAppRenderer({
   return serverEntry.default;
 }
 
-function pathnameToFilename({
-  pathname,
-  trailingSlash,
-}: {
-  pathname: string;
-  trailingSlash?: boolean;
-}): string {
-  const outputFileName = pathname.replace(/^[/\\]/, ''); // Remove leading slashes for webpack-dev-server
-  // Paths ending with .html are left untouched
-  if (/\.html?$/i.test(outputFileName)) {
-    return outputFileName;
-  }
-  // Legacy retro-compatible behavior
-  if (typeof trailingSlash === 'undefined') {
-    return path.join(outputFileName, 'index.html');
-  }
-  // New behavior: we can say if we prefer file/folder output
-  // Useful resource: https://github.com/slorber/trailing-slash-guide
-  if (pathname === '' || pathname.endsWith('/') || trailingSlash) {
-    return path.join(outputFileName, 'index.html');
-  }
-  return `${outputFileName}.html`;
-}
-
 export function printSSGWarnings(
   results: {
     pathname: string;
@@ -163,28 +142,26 @@ Troubleshooting guide: https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/discussions/10580
 
 export async function generateStaticFiles({
   pathnames,
-  renderer,
   params,
-  htmlMinifier,
 }: {
   pathnames: string[];
-  renderer: AppRenderer;
   params: SSGParams;
-  htmlMinifier: HtmlMinifier;
 }): Promise<{collectedData: SiteCollectedData}> {
-  type SSGSuccess = {
-    pathname: string;
-    error: null;
-    result: AppRenderResult;
-    warnings: string[];
-  };
-  type SSGError = {
-    pathname: string;
-    error: Error;
-    result: null;
-    warnings: string[];
-  };
-  type SSGResult = SSGSuccess | SSGError;
+  const [renderer, htmlMinifier, ssgTemplate] = await Promise.all([
+    PerfLogger.async('Load App renderer', () =>
+      loadAppRenderer({
+        serverBundlePath: params.serverBundlePath,
+      }),
+    ),
+    PerfLogger.async('Load HTML minifier', () =>
+      getHtmlMinifier({
+        type: params.htmlMinifierType,
+      }),
+    ),
+    PerfLogger.async('Compile SSG template', () =>
+      compileSSGTemplate(params.ssgTemplateContent),
+    ),
+  ]);
 
   // Note that we catch all async errors on purpose
   // Docusaurus presents all the SSG errors to the user, not just the first one
@@ -196,6 +173,7 @@ export async function generateStaticFiles({
         renderer,
         params,
         htmlMinifier,
+        ssgTemplate,
       }).then(
         (result) => ({
           pathname,
@@ -210,7 +188,7 @@ export async function generateStaticFiles({
           warnings: [],
         }),
       ),
-    {concurrency: Concurrency},
+    {concurrency: SSGConcurrency},
   );
 
   printSSGWarnings(results);
@@ -247,21 +225,24 @@ async function generateStaticFile({
   renderer,
   params,
   htmlMinifier,
+  ssgTemplate,
 }: {
   pathname: string;
   renderer: AppRenderer;
   params: SSGParams;
   htmlMinifier: HtmlMinifier;
-}): Promise<AppRenderResult & {warnings: string[]}> {
+  ssgTemplate: SSGTemplateCompiled;
+}): Promise<SSGSuccessResult & {warnings: string[]}> {
   try {
     // This only renders the app HTML
     const result = await renderer({
       pathname,
     });
     // This renders the full page HTML, including head tags...
-    const fullPageHtml = renderSSRTemplate({
+    const fullPageHtml = renderSSGTemplate({
       params,
       result,
+      ssgTemplate,
     });
     const minifierResult = await htmlMinifier.minify(fullPageHtml);
     await writeStaticFile({
@@ -270,7 +251,7 @@ async function generateStaticFile({
       params,
     });
     return {
-      ...result,
+      collectedData: result.collectedData,
       // As of today, only the html minifier can emit SSG warnings
       warnings: minifierResult.warnings,
     };
@@ -307,40 +288,3 @@ It might also require to wrap your client code in ${logger.code(
 
   return parts.join('\n');
 }
-
-export async function generateHashRouterEntrypoint({
-  content,
-  params,
-}: {
-  content: string;
-  params: SSGParams;
-}): Promise<void> {
-  await writeStaticFile({
-    pathname: '/',
-    content,
-    params,
-  });
-}
-
-async function writeStaticFile({
-  content,
-  pathname,
-  params,
-}: {
-  content: string;
-  pathname: string;
-  params: SSGParams;
-}) {
-  function removeBaseUrl(p: string, baseUrl: string): string {
-    return baseUrl === '/' ? p : p.replace(new RegExp(`^${baseUrl}`), '/');
-  }
-
-  const filename = pathnameToFilename({
-    pathname: removeBaseUrl(pathname, params.baseUrl),
-    trailingSlash: params.trailingSlash,
-  });
-
-  const filePath = path.join(params.outDir, filename);
-  await fs.ensureDir(path.dirname(filePath));
-  await fs.writeFile(filePath, content);
-}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgExecutor.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgExecutor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32f10e258a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgExecutor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import {PerfLogger} from '@docusaurus/logger';
+import {createSSGParams} from './ssgParams';
+import {generateStaticFiles} from './ssg';
+import {renderHashRouterTemplate} from './ssgTemplate';
+import {generateHashRouterEntrypoint} from './ssgUtils';
+import type {Props, RouterType} from '@docusaurus/types';
+import type {SiteCollectedData} from '../common';
+
+// TODO Docusaurus v4 - introduce SSG worker threads
+export async function executeSSG({
+  props,
+  serverBundlePath,
+  clientManifestPath,
+  router,
+}: {
+  props: Props;
+  serverBundlePath: string;
+  clientManifestPath: string;
+  router: RouterType;
+}): Promise<{collectedData: SiteCollectedData}> {
+  const params = await createSSGParams({
+    serverBundlePath,
+    clientManifestPath,
+    props,
+  });
+
+  if (router === 'hash') {
+    PerfLogger.start('Generate Hash Router entry point');
+    const content = await renderHashRouterTemplate({params});
+    await generateHashRouterEntrypoint({content, params});
+    PerfLogger.end('Generate Hash Router entry point');
+    return {collectedData: {}};
+  }
+
+  const ssgResult = await PerfLogger.async('Generate static files', () =>
+    generateStaticFiles({
+      pathnames: props.routesPaths,
+      params,
+    }),
+  );
+
+  return ssgResult;
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgParams.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgParams.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a417fa1323d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgParams.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import {DOCUSAURUS_VERSION} from '@docusaurus/utils';
+import {PerfLogger} from '@docusaurus/logger';
+import DefaultSSGTemplate from './ssgTemplate.html';
+import type {Manifest} from 'react-loadable-ssr-addon-v5-slorber';
+import type {Props} from '@docusaurus/types';
+
+import type {HtmlMinifierType} from '@docusaurus/bundler';
+
+// Keep these params serializable
+// This makes it possible to use workers
+export type SSGParams = {
+  trailingSlash: boolean | undefined;
+  manifest: Manifest;
+  headTags: string;
+  preBodyTags: string;
+  postBodyTags: string;
+  outDir: string;
+  baseUrl: string;
+  noIndex: boolean;
+  DOCUSAURUS_VERSION: string;
+
+  htmlMinifierType: HtmlMinifierType;
+  serverBundlePath: string;
+  ssgTemplateContent: string;
+};
+
+export async function createSSGParams({
+  props,
+  serverBundlePath,
+  clientManifestPath,
+}: {
+  props: Props;
+  serverBundlePath: string;
+  clientManifestPath: string;
+}): Promise<SSGParams> {
+  const manifest: Manifest = await PerfLogger.async(
+    'Read client manifest',
+    () => fs.readJSON(clientManifestPath, 'utf-8'),
+  );
+
+  const params: SSGParams = {
+    trailingSlash: props.siteConfig.trailingSlash,
+    outDir: props.outDir,
+    baseUrl: props.baseUrl,
+    manifest,
+    headTags: props.headTags,
+    preBodyTags: props.preBodyTags,
+    postBodyTags: props.postBodyTags,
+    ssgTemplateContent: props.siteConfig.ssrTemplate ?? DefaultSSGTemplate,
+    noIndex: props.siteConfig.noIndex,
+    DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
+    serverBundlePath,
+    htmlMinifierType: props.siteConfig.future.experimental_faster
+      .swcHtmlMinimizer
+      ? 'swc'
+      : 'terser',
+  };
+
+  // Useless but ensures that SSG params remain serializable
+  return structuredClone(params);
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/templates/ssr.html.template.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgTemplate.html.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/docusaurus/src/templates/ssr.html.template.ts
rename to packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgTemplate.html.ts
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/templates/templates.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgTemplate.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from packages/docusaurus/src/templates/templates.ts
rename to packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgTemplate.ts
index 3484b3d8e5e8..f0ecd5e99780 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/templates/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgTemplate.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@
 
 import * as eta from 'eta';
 import {getBundles} from 'react-loadable-ssr-addon-v5-slorber';
-import type {SSGParams} from '../ssg';
+import {PerfLogger} from '@docusaurus/logger';
+import type {SSGParams} from './ssgParams';
 import type {AppRenderResult} from '../common';
 import type {Manifest} from 'react-loadable-ssr-addon-v5-slorber';
 
-// TODO this is historical server template data
+// TODO Docusaurus v4 breaking change - this is historical server template data
 //  that does not look super clean nor typesafe
 //  Note: changing it is a breaking change because template is configurable
-export type SSRTemplateData = {
+export type SSGTemplateData = {
   appHtml: string;
   baseUrl: string;
   htmlAttributes: string;
@@ -29,16 +30,16 @@ export type SSRTemplateData = {
   version: string;
 };
 
-export type SSRTemplateCompiled = (data: SSRTemplateData) => string;
+export type SSGTemplateCompiled = (data: SSGTemplateData) => string;
 
-export async function compileSSRTemplate(
+export async function compileSSGTemplate(
   template: string,
-): Promise<SSRTemplateCompiled> {
+): Promise<SSGTemplateCompiled> {
   const compiledTemplate = eta.compile(template.trim(), {
     rmWhitespace: true,
   });
 
-  return (data: SSRTemplateData) => compiledTemplate(data, eta.defaultConfig);
+  return (data: SSGTemplateData) => compiledTemplate(data, eta.defaultConfig);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -62,12 +63,14 @@ function getScriptsAndStylesheets({
   return {scripts, stylesheets};
 }
 
-export function renderSSRTemplate({
+export function renderSSGTemplate({
   params,
   result,
+  ssgTemplate,
 }: {
   params: SSGParams;
   result: AppRenderResult;
+  ssgTemplate: SSGTemplateCompiled;
 }): string {
   const {
     baseUrl,
@@ -77,7 +80,6 @@ export function renderSSRTemplate({
     manifest,
     noIndex,
     DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
-    ssrTemplate,
   } = params;
   const {
     html: appHtml,
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ export function renderSSRTemplate({
   ];
   const metaAttributes = metaStrings.filter(Boolean);
 
-  const data: SSRTemplateData = {
+  const data: SSGTemplateData = {
     appHtml,
     baseUrl,
     htmlAttributes,
@@ -111,14 +113,14 @@ export function renderSSRTemplate({
     version: DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
   };
 
-  return ssrTemplate(data);
+  return ssgTemplate(data);
 }
 
-export function renderHashRouterTemplate({
+export async function renderHashRouterTemplate({
   params,
 }: {
   params: SSGParams;
-}): string {
+}): Promise<string> {
   const {
     // baseUrl,
     headTags,
@@ -126,15 +128,19 @@ export function renderHashRouterTemplate({
     postBodyTags,
     manifest,
     DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
-    ssrTemplate,
+    ssgTemplateContent,
   } = params;
 
+  const ssgTemplate = await PerfLogger.async('Compile SSG template', () =>
+    compileSSGTemplate(ssgTemplateContent),
+  );
+
   const {scripts, stylesheets} = getScriptsAndStylesheets({
     manifest,
     modules: [],
   });
 
-  const data: SSRTemplateData = {
+  const data: SSGTemplateData = {
     appHtml: '',
     baseUrl: './',
     htmlAttributes: '',
@@ -149,5 +155,5 @@ export function renderHashRouterTemplate({
     version: DOCUSAURUS_VERSION,
   };
 
-  return ssrTemplate(data);
+  return ssgTemplate(data);
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33f51d08bfc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/ssg/ssgUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import fs from 'fs-extra';
+import path from 'path';
+import type {SSGParams} from './ssgParams';
+
+// Secret way to set SSR plugin concurrency option
+// Waiting for feedback before documenting this officially?
+export const SSGConcurrency = process.env.DOCUSAURUS_SSR_CONCURRENCY
+  ? parseInt(process.env.DOCUSAURUS_SSR_CONCURRENCY, 10)
+  : // Not easy to define a reasonable option default
+    // Will still be better than Infinity
+    // See also https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-map/issues/24
+    32;
+
+function pathnameToFilename({
+  pathname,
+  trailingSlash,
+}: {
+  pathname: string;
+  trailingSlash?: boolean;
+}): string {
+  const outputFileName = pathname.replace(/^[/\\]/, ''); // Remove leading slashes for webpack-dev-server
+  // Paths ending with .html are left untouched
+  if (/\.html?$/i.test(outputFileName)) {
+    return outputFileName;
+  }
+  // Legacy retro-compatible behavior
+  if (typeof trailingSlash === 'undefined') {
+    return path.join(outputFileName, 'index.html');
+  }
+  // New behavior: we can say if we prefer file/folder output
+  // Useful resource: https://github.com/slorber/trailing-slash-guide
+  if (pathname === '' || pathname.endsWith('/') || trailingSlash) {
+    return path.join(outputFileName, 'index.html');
+  }
+  return `${outputFileName}.html`;
+}
+
+export async function generateHashRouterEntrypoint({
+  content,
+  params,
+}: {
+  content: string;
+  params: SSGParams;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  await writeStaticFile({
+    pathname: '/',
+    content,
+    params,
+  });
+}
+
+export async function writeStaticFile({
+  content,
+  pathname,
+  params,
+}: {
+  content: string;
+  pathname: string;
+  params: SSGParams;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  function removeBaseUrl(p: string, baseUrl: string): string {
+    return baseUrl === '/' ? p : p.replace(new RegExp(`^${baseUrl}`), '/');
+  }
+
+  const filename = pathnameToFilename({
+    pathname: removeBaseUrl(pathname, params.baseUrl),
+    trailingSlash: params.trailingSlash,
+  });
+
+  const filePath = path.join(params.outDir, filename);
+  await fs.ensureDir(path.dirname(filePath));
+  await fs.writeFile(filePath, content);
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/client.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/client.ts
index 102cf53aa1dd..59d982a13121 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/client.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/client.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export async function createStartClientConfig({
       plugins: [
         // Generates an `index.html` file with the <script> injected.
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-          template: path.join(__dirname, '../templates/dev.html.template.ejs'),
+          template: path.join(__dirname, './templates/dev.html.template.ejs'),
           // So we can define the position where the scripts are injected.
           inject: false,
           filename: 'index.html',
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/templates/dev.html.template.ejs b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/templates/dev.html.template.ejs
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/docusaurus/src/templates/dev.html.template.ejs
rename to packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/templates/dev.html.template.ejs