Nift is a cross-platform framework for managing and generating websites.
The original aim of this project was to create a command-line site manager that was as git-like and LaTeX-like as possible.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Fast.
- Manage and generate not just static but also dynamic websites, with a whole range of hosting options.
- Scalable – scale all the way up to handle building websites with millions of pages.
- Pagination – handle pagination at build time with multithreading or using JavaScript at load time, depending on your preferences on load times and usability.
- Lua(JIT) and ExprTk embedded – an be compiled with either LuaJIT (default) or Lua along with ExprTk which has a very impressive userbase.
- In-built scripting and template languages – two in-built languages which use mostly the same underlying code with a few minor differences under the hood and in how the syntax is structured.
In-built interactive REPL and shell extension. - Script support – upport for pre/post build/serve scripts, useful for things like integrating with webpack, Babel, npm, Bower, Yeoman, Browserify, Parcel, Brunch, SASS, Grunt, Puppeteer, GraphQL, Python Web Server, Live Server/Reload, etc.
- Command-line integration.
- Git integration.
- Framework integration.
- Language agnostic.
- Multilingual support.
- Intuitive templating system.
- Template selection.
- Single executable.
Website: nift.dev
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Nicholas Ham
License: MIT License
Nift is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
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|---|---|
| Nift | git-like and LaTeX-like site manager |
| Mizi | Designed to be lightweight, minimalistic and convenient. |
| sudo_site | Tiny static site and blog generator in only 120 lines of code |
| Bake | Simple templated blog generator supporting custom feeds |
| The Great Site Generator | A very basic static site generator |
| blogcpp | Static blog generator which is not actively maintained |
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