bloggy – lightweight static blog generator

bloggy is a deliberately lightweight static blog generator written in C.

It is designed for people who want a personal blog with a simple file-based workflow instead of a large publishing system with lots of moving parts. The project uses a small configuration file along with separate directories for pages, posts, and assets, then generates static HTML files for the finished site.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Uses a bloggy.conf file to define site details such as the title, subtitle, author, URL, social links, Fediverse creator metadata, and which standalone pages should be included.
• Reads blog posts from date-named .post files and standalone pages from .page files, with support for optional titles and raw HTML content.
• Generates a homepage, individual post pages, and standalone pages in a web/ output directory.
• Sorts posts by timestamp so newer entries are shown first on the homepage.
• Supports hidden pages that are generated but omitted from the main site menu.
• Copies files from the assets/ directory into the generated site.
• Adds Open Graph metadata, social profile links, C and C++ syntax highlighting via highlight.js, and previous/next navigation links on post pages.

Website: github.com/hogsy/bloggy
Support:
Developer: Mark E. Sowden
License: MIT License

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