Punch

Developed with developers and designers in mind, Punch allows a user to easily setup a project structure just by editing a few configuration files.

Punch then reads these configs, takes all the requested parts and assembles them together into a basic website structure on which further content can be added.

The concept is also known as a "static site generator", and is a lightweight alternative to over-thinked and overly-bulky CMS platforms out today.

Features:

• Stores a page's content inside JSON files
• Markdown is used to format text
• Uses LESS for stylesheet design
• Can use CoffeeScript files
• All JS, CSS and other assets are minified before being served to the user
• Can run from Amazon S3
• Lots of databases system are supported (even NoSQL systems)
• Uses a template engine (Mustache by default, can be replaced)
• Flexible navigational structures
• Caching system
• Extendable via plugins
• Online documentation

Requirements:

• Node.js