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JBake | Metalsmith | |
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3 | 8 | |
1,092 | 7,822 | |
0.0% | 0.0% | |
1.1 | 7.1 | |
about 1 year ago | 13 days ago | |
Java | JavaScript | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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JBake
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Markdown, Asciidoc, or reStructuredText - a tale of docs-as-code
An implementation of the docs-as-code approach, docToolchain is a collection of scripts that makes it easy to create and maintain powerful technical documentation. It is a popular open-source project that uses jBake under the hood as the SSG. docToolchain can publish to Confluence, generate PDF using an Asciidoctor plugin, and more.
- JBake is a Java based, open source, static site/blog generator
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Can I run FreeMarker locally without a lot of setup?
What immediately springs to mind is JBake (https://jbake.org/) which is a Java static site generator that supports FreeMarker templates (and you can install it with sdkman).
Metalsmith
- Why You Should Write Your Own Static Site Generator
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Top ten popular static site generators (SSG) in 2023
Metalsmith — the best customizable SSG
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who is self-hosting a static website and what are you using to build it?
I use Metalsmith. Been happy with it. I build my site into a self-contained nginx docker image.
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Configuration error even if nothing changed since last successful deploy
const Metalsmith = require('metalsmith') const markdown = require('@metalsmith/markdown') const layouts = require('metalsmith-layouts') const permalinks = require('@metalsmith/permalinks') const collections = require('metalsmith-collections') Metalsmith(__dirname) .metadata({ sitename: 'Website Name', description: "Website description.", generator: 'Metalsmith', url: 'https://metalsmith.io/' }) .source('./src') .destination('./build') // .clean(true) .use( collections({ projects: 'pages/*.md', reverse: true, refer: true }) ) .use(markdown()) .use(permalinks()) .use( layouts({ engineOptions: { helpers: { formattedDate: function (date) { return new Date(date).toLocaleDateString() } } } }) ) .build(function (err, files) { if (err) throw err })
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Ask HN: Share Your Personal Site
I also started to move to hugo, but they didn't merge the pr [2] which would have helped in the transition. :(
The look is still similar to what it was in the beginning, in terms of colors at least.
[1] https://github.com/metalsmith/metalsmith
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SSGs through the ages: The ‘Reinvention’ era
Metalsmith
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Why I built my own static site generator
A static site generator I've been enjoying lately (and using for my blog) is Metalsmith: https://metalsmith.io/
It feel like it's the best of both worlds, because it's simple to learn and customize, but there are plugins for the things you don't want to spend time writing yourself.
For example, I'm using plugins to: check for broken links, generate an RSS feed, and run a test server with automatic reloading.
But then I was able to easily add in my own code to handle relative links, generate Graphviz diagrams, and format dates.
One other recommendation: I hated almost every template language I ran across (Hugo's, Liquid, Nunjucks, EJS), but I'm thrilled with the simplicity of Handlebars (https://handlebarsjs.com/), although it is a bit limiting and the "block helper with parameters" syntax is strange (perhaps an indicator that I'm trying to do too much in the templating language!).
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Zola, A fast static site generator in a single binary
I believe Metalsmith [1] is trying that approach
[1] https://metalsmith.io/
What are some alternatives?
Hugo - The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
OpenRefine - OpenRefine is a free, open source power tool for working with messy data and improving it
docsify - 🃏 A magical documentation site generator.
Lanterna - Java library for creating text-based GUIs
Wintersmith - A flexible static site generator
Jekyll - :globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby
Phenomic
Orchid - Build and deploy beautiful documentation sites that grow with you
Pelican - Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.
Smooks - Extensible data integration Java framework for building XML and non-XML fragment-based applications
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