New Static Site Generators for Web

Inspired by Jekyll and coded on top of the Symfony PHP framework, Carew is a simple PHP CLI utility for assembling HTML websites out of basic templates and Markdown files. While the "Markdown+template+PHP->HTML" is not new, Carew does a good job at...

It reads config, template, layout and content file holders like Markdown, Textile, Haml, etc. and generates a static website out of them. nanoc generates simple HTML files which then can be directly send via a server to users.nanoc can be used to power-up...

MkDocs uses the same principles as any other static site generator around.It requires the developer to edit a configuration file (MKDocs uses YAML for this), create page templates (via Jinja2), and add his content in a special folder (as Markdown...

Static site generators have been around for years, but not until Jekyll came out did developers ever pay attention to this kind of scripts.Featuring a very simple content assembly procedure, Jekyll revolutionized the way static sites were built and showed...

Enfield was inspired by the Ruby-based Jekyll static site generator developed for GitHub, and works in a very similar fashion to the original. While it can produce static site structures like Jekyll, it also supports its blogging feature, helping...

Sculpin works just like DocPad, Jekyll or Phrozn.It reads template files, reads content files stored in a different location, and then it merges them together in static HTML files, ready to be served to users at any time.For the template engine Sculpin...

Buzzy takes an amalgam of template and content files and compiles them into static HTML pages.These pages can then be served at higher speeds to users visiting a website.Buzzy uses Markdown to style content and supports classic blog formats as...

There's certainly two main train of thought when it comes to building websites. One is for using CMSs because the content is easier to manage and end-users have no problem in using the GUI as well. The second is to keep things as simple as possible and...

There are two main practices in Web development when it comes to website building. One of them is using a CMS that employs the help of a visual interface to let the developer build the site, while the second, more obscure, is to use a technology called...

Using a configuration file, template files, and the way files and folders are organized on the user's filesystem, Ruhoh compiles these resources into static, classic HTML, JS, and CSS Web pages.Everything is well organized and structured inside Ruhoh, the...