Last Updated on February 27, 2026
Marmite [Markdown makes sites] is a very simple static site generator.
It does “one” simple thing only:
- Reads all .md files on the input directory.
- Using CommonMark parse it to HTML content.
- Extract optional metadata from frontmatter or filename.
- Generated html file for each page.
- Outputs the rendered static site to the output folder.
It also handles generating or copying static/ and media/ to the output dir.
Key Features
- Everything embedded in a single binary.
- Zero-Config to get started.
- optionally fully configurable
- Common-mark + Github Flavoured Markdown + Extensions.
- Raw HTML allowed.
- Emojis
:smile:, spoiler||secret||. - Wikilinks
[[name|url]]and Obsidian links[[page]]. - Backlinks.
- Tags.
- Multi authors.
- Author profile page
- Multi streams.
- Separate content in different listing
- Pagination.
- Static Search Index.
- RSS Feeds.
- Multiple feeds (index, tags, authors, streams)
- Built-in HTTP server.
- Auto rebuild when content changes.
- Built-in theme
- Light and Dark modes.
- Multiple colorschemes
- Fully responsive
- Spotlight Search.
- Easy to replace the index page and add custom CSS/JS
- Easy to customize the templates
- Math and Mermaid diagrams.
- Syntax Highlight.
- Commenting system integration.
- Banner images and
og:tags.
- CLI to start a new theme from scratch
Website: github.com/rochacbruno/marmite
Support:
Developer: Bruno Cesar Rocha
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Marmite is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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