mksite

Static site builder based on a makefile.

• renders pages from markdown
• depends only on common shell tools
• is fast

Get it

git clone git://celehner.com/mksite

Installation

sudo make install

or, to change default prefix (/usr/local/):

sudo make install PREFIX=/usr

Usage

In your site directory, create a _template.html.

To make a page, create a .md Markdown file or .content.html HTML file.

To hide files from navigation, add them to a file called _hidden.

To build your site, run mksite.

More advanced usage

In your site directory, create a Makefile. Have it include mksite, and any additional rules you need to build or deploy your site.

$ cat Makefile
include $(shell which mksite)
deploy:
	rsync -avz . example.org:/path/to/www/

Credits

Inspired by sw suckless webframework.

Styles from suckless.org and garbe.us.

Markdown renderer by Jesus Galan (yiyus).

Todo

• Handle nested directories.
• Do something smart about the index page.