Lunet is a fast, modular static website generator for .NET. It uses the Scriban templating language to build websites from Markdown, templates and structured data.
The software includes a development server with live reload and tools for themes, asset bundling, taxonomies, feeds, search indexes and .NET API documentation.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Uses Scriban templates with scripting support in pages, layouts and configuration files.
- Provides automatic layout resolution and reusable includes.
- Supports themes and extensions installed directly from GitHub repositories.
- Processes Markdown using Markdig with cross-reference link support.
- Compiles SCSS using the embedded Dart Sass compiler.
- Bundles and minifies CSS and JavaScript resources.
- Creates tags, categories and custom taxonomies with generated term pages.
- Generates RSS feeds, XML sitemaps and client-side search indexes.
- Loads structured data from YAML, JSON and TOML files.
- Includes a development server with file watching and automatic browser refresh.
- Generates API reference documentation from .NET projects and assemblies.
- Supports Open Graph and Twitter social metadata.
Website: github.com/lunet-io/lunet
Support:
Developer: Alexandre Mutel
License: BSD 2-Clause “Simplified” License
Lunet is written in C#. Learn C# with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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