Canopy is an attempt at writing a blog-engine based on Git using MirageOS.
The goal is to provide a simple blog platform that only requires you to provide a Git remote URL and respecting some architecture rules within the said repository.
Canopy will require you to provide a Git remote uri. Once started, it will clone in-memory the repository content and serve the content in a more or less organized way.
Each file at the root of the repository is considered a standalone page, more like the usual « About » or « Contact » pages. They will have their own entries in the navigation menu.
Each directories will contains more pages, but that will be classified under a category decided by the name of the said directory. For example, a posts/hello-word.md file will be a new blog post under the Posts category. You can use it to emulate some sort of tag, like for example having an OCaml directory regrouping all you writing in everyone’s favorite language.
Static assets (not processed) can be added into “static” subdir, configuration values below “.config”.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- HTTPS/TLS support – create your TLS private key and get a signed certificate. Configure Canopy with –tls= to run it as HTTPS service. Canopy will then respond to HTTP requests with a moved permanently redirection to the HTTPS URL.
Website: github.com/abbysmal/Canopy
Support:
Developer: Enguerrand Decorne
License: ISC License
Canopy is written in OCaml using MirageOS and Irmin. Learn OCaml with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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| Stog | Static web site compiler supporting blog posts, plugins, and multi-language sites |
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| YOCaml | Build systems in OCaml |
| Canopy | Git-blogging unikernel with HTTPS/TLS support |
| Finch | Simple and fast site generator |
| Stone | Another site generator designed to generate simple websites |
| Ramen | Type-safe static site generator |
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