README
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A simple and lightweight Static Site Generator.
verless (pronounced like serverless) is a Static Site Generator designed for Markdown-based content with focus on simplicity and performance. It reads your Markdown files, applies your HTML templates and renders them as a website.
Features
- Flexibility: Provide and use your default template for all pages, or use a different template for a specific page
- Simplicity: Build your entire website within a single CLI command
- Performance: Generating your website only takes a few seconds, even for thousands of pages
- Rapid Development: Get started quickly with verless' small and reduced feature set
- Configurability: Provide additional information or override defaults in
verless.yml - Portability: verless is packaged as a single binary without any dependencies for multiple platforms
Examples
- Example project structure: example/
- Real-world example website: dominikbraun.io
Installation
Linux and macOS
Download the latest release for your platform. Extract the
downloaded binary into a directory like /usr/local/bin. Make sure the directory is in PATH.
Windows
Download the latest release, create a directory like
C:\Program Files\verless and extract the executable into that directory.
Add the directory to Path.
Docker
Assuming your project directory is my-blog, the following command builds your website:
$ docker container run -v $(pwd)/my-blog:/project verless/verless
The container will build the project mounted at /project and you'll find the website in my-blog/target. To run
another command, just append it to the image name:
$ docker container run verless/verless version
Getting started
The easiest way to create a new project is to use the verless CLI:
$ verless create project my-blog
This initializes a project called my-blog inside a new directory, containing a small default site. Building the
website corresponding works similarly:
$ verless build my-blog
By default, verless generates the website into my-blog/target. You're now good to
create your first content!
Documentation
For a detailed reference, check out the documentation.
Contributing
Anyone is welcome to contribute to verless. Please refer to our contribution guidelines.
Directories
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Package builder provides a model builder implementation.
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Package builder provides a model builder implementation. |
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Package cli provides the verless CLI commands.
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Package cli provides the verless CLI commands. |
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Package main provides the verless application.
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Package main provides the verless application. |
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Package config provides configuration-related types and functions.
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Package config provides configuration-related types and functions. |
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Package core provides the verless business logic.
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Package core provides the verless business logic. |
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build
Package build provides verless' core build functionality.
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Package build provides verless' core build functionality. |
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Package fs provides functions for filesystem operations.
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Package fs provides functions for filesystem operations. |
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Package model provides the verless domain entities.
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Package model provides the verless domain entities. |
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Package parser provides components for parsing content.
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Package parser provides components for parsing content. |
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plugin
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tags
Package tags provides and implements the tags plugin.
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Package tags provides and implements the tags plugin. |
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Package test contains some simple utils for more readable tests.
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Package test contains some simple utils for more readable tests. |