Cecil is a command-line static site generator that combines plain-text content, images and Twig templates to produce a complete website.
Pages are stored as Markdown files with YAML front matter, making content straightforward to maintain with a text editor and version control. Cecil also handles a significant amount of site infrastructure automatically, reducing the amount of build logic that needs to be assembled separately.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Stores page content in Markdown flat files with YAML front matter.
- Uses Twig for templates and supports reusable themes.
- Generates pagination, sitemaps, redirects, robots.txt files, taxonomies and RSS feeds.
- Handles site assets as part of the build process.
- Generates responsive images and can optimise images for delivery.
- Supports internationalised sites.
- Provides helpers for Open Graph metadata, structured data and other SEO-related output.
- Can be distributed as a single PHAR file for a compact command-line setup.
- Includes commands for creating sites, building output and serving a local preview.
- Supports content-oriented websites including blogs, documentation and conventional multi-page sites.
- The finished site consists of static files and does not require Cecil or PHP to run on the production server.
Website: github.com/Cecilapp/Cecil
Support:
Developer: Arnaud Ligny
License: European Union Public Licence v1.2
Cecil is written in PHP. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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