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Static site generator is a software that takes some '''text + templates''' as input and produces '''html files''' on the output. A picture: | Static site generator is a software that takes some '''text + [[Templating|templates]]''' as input and produces '''html files''' on the output. A picture: |
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== Known static site generators in Python == | == Static site generators written in Python == * [[https://www.blogofile.com/|Blogofile]] - (Mako, Jinja2)-based generator with supports for (reStructuredText, Markdown, Textile), Git, Disqus, RSS feeds, plugins, and S3, very nice license with human touch. * [[https://lucuma.github.io/Clay/|Clay]] - Jinja2 for easy site prototyping, MIT. * [[https://github.com/piranha/cyrax|Cyrax]] - poetic Jinja2 engine, used for [[https://osgameclones.com/|osgameclones]]. * [[https://hyde.github.com/|Hyde]] - [[Jinja2]]-based static web site generator, MIT, [[https://github.com/hyde/hyde|source]] * [[https://mynt.mirroredwhite.com/|Mynt]] - Static website generator based on Markdown and Jinja2. BSD-3. * [[https://bitbucket.org/obensonne/poole|Poole]] - static website generator, Markdown. GPL. * [[https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/|Pelican]] - Uses Markdown or ReST for content and Jinja 2 for themes. Supports DVCS, Disqus. AGPL. * [[https://www.owlfish.com/software/PubTal/|PubTal]] - [[Templating#SimpleTAL]]-based static site generator, BSD-3 * [[https://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/rest2web/|rest2web]] - Generates Websites from ReST contents, BSD * [[https://sphinx.pocoo.org/index.html|Sphinx]] - Python's official documentation system that turns ReST into HTML, LaTeX, man pages, plaintext, and has many features for making site trees, inter-linking, and other documentation necessities (Jinja2 as default template engine). BSD. * [[https://github.com/Ceasar/staticjinja|staticninja]] - MIT, Jinja2, auto-compile. That simple. * [[https://bitbucket.org/vladris/tinkerer/overview|Tinkerer]] - blogging engine/static website generator powered by Sphinx with polite-correct license list. From Aaron: * [[https://github.com/aaronsw/html2text|html2text]] - useful tool to convert HTML into Markdown. These are outdated, but worth mentioning: * [[https://www.nthwave.net/elements/]] - powerful tool for experienced web developers of year 2001, requires at least Python 2.2 See also [[https://wiki.python.domainunion.de/moin/PythonBlogSoftware#Static|static blog generators]]. == Dead links for software archaeologists == * [[https://www.ivy.fr/tahchee/|tahchee]] - [[Cheetah]]-based static web site generator |
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Static site generator is a software that takes some text + templates as input and produces html files on the output. A picture:
┌──────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ** │ text │ + │ templates │ = │ .html files │ └──────┘ └───────────┘ └─────────────┘
Generated site can be blog, game list, interactive demo or anything else.
Static site generators written in Python
Blogofile - (Mako, Jinja2)-based generator with supports for (reStructuredText, Markdown, Textile), Git, Disqus, RSS feeds, plugins, and S3, very nice license with human touch.
Clay - Jinja2 for easy site prototyping, MIT.
Cyrax - poetic Jinja2 engine, used for osgameclones.
Mynt - Static website generator based on Markdown and Jinja2. BSD-3.
Poole - static website generator, Markdown. GPL.
Pelican - Uses Markdown or ReST for content and Jinja 2 for themes. Supports DVCS, Disqus. AGPL.
PubTal - Templating#SimpleTAL-based static site generator, BSD-3
rest2web - Generates Websites from ReST contents, BSD
Sphinx - Python's official documentation system that turns ReST into HTML, LaTeX, man pages, plaintext, and has many features for making site trees, inter-linking, and other documentation necessities (Jinja2 as default template engine). BSD.
staticninja - MIT, Jinja2, auto-compile. That simple.
Tinkerer - blogging engine/static website generator powered by Sphinx with polite-correct license list.
From Aaron:
html2text - useful tool to convert HTML into Markdown.
These are outdated, but worth mentioning:
https://www.nthwave.net/elements/ - powerful tool for experienced web developers of year 2001, requires at least Python 2.2
See also static blog generators.
Dead links for software archaeologists
** ASCII diagram was drawn with Far Manager