Web Design

Nift – website generator

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.


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