Kodama is a command-line static site generator designed for creating interconnected Zettelkasten-style note collections.
It transforms Markdown and Typst source files into static HTML pages with references, backlinks, embedded notes, and navigable relationships.
The software supports mathematical and technical publishing through Typst, including formulas and figures rendered as HTML or SVG. It is suitable for research notes, mathematical writing, documentation gardens, and other collections where short articles may be reused within larger pages while retaining independent URLs.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Generates static websites from Markdown and Typst source files.
- Distributed as a single command-line binary.
- Creates references, backlinks, parent relationships, and section graphs.
- Embeds complete notes within other pages while retaining their individual URLs.
- Supports tables, task lists, footnotes, mathematics, definition lists, and GitHub-flavoured Markdown.
- Compiles Typst content into HTML or SVG using a locally installed Typst executable.
- Automatically supports light and dark themes, including rendered formulas and images.
- Provides configurable metadata, taxonomies, navigation, footers, and collection pages.
- Includes commands for creating, building, previewing, and validating sites.
- Watches source files and rebuilds the site during local development.
- Detects dangling links, duplicate slugs, embed cycles, and Typst rendering errors.
- Produces optional JSON metadata and relationship graph indexes.
- Allows website styling to be customised without rebuilding Kodama itself.
Website: github.com/kodama-community/kodama
Support:
Developer: Kodama Community
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Kodama is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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