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.conffile 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
.postfiles and standalone pages from.pagefiles, 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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| Kevlar | Batteries-included zero-dependency static site generator |
| swege | Uses the Discount library to build a website from a set of Markdown files |
| Bonobo | Deliberately lightweight static blog generator |
| bloggy | Minimalist static site generator |
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