How to build a static blog from the ground up?

• Liquid

  40 10,807 7.5 Ruby

  Liquid markup language. Safe, customer facing template language for flexible web apps.

  

I find Jekyll ist pretty easy. The basic structure is straightforward and the liquid template engine is very intuitive. For local development, there are official docker containers, with an integrated server. The blog posts are written in simple Markdown.

• Jekyll

  253 48,265 8.7 Ruby

  :globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby

  

I find Jekyll ist pretty easy. The basic structure is straightforward and the liquid template engine is very intuitive. For local development, there are official docker containers, with an integrated server. The blog posts are written in simple Markdown.

• WorkOS

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  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• Monochrome

  1 0 10.0 SCSS

  Minimalistic Hugo theme for blogging. (by LKummer)

Use simple and consistent structure. In my experience a posts section containing Markdown files (somewhat like this) works with most static generators and blog themes. Keep the structure consistent to ease writing scripts for migrating to a different structure.

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