Plerd is meant to be an ultralight blogging platform for Markdown fans that plays well with (but does not require) Dropbox.
It allows you to compose and maintain blog posts as easily as adding and modifying Markdown files in a single folder. Plerd creates an entirely static website based on the content of this one folder, automatically updating the site whenever this content changes.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Publish new posts to a blog simply by adding Markdown files to a designated blog-source directory.
- Generated website comprises a single directory containing only static files. These include one “permalink” HTML page for every post, a recent-posts front page, a single archive page (in the manner of Daring Fireball), and syndication documents in Atom and JSON Feed formats. All these are constructed from simple, customizable templates.
- Support for IndieWeb technologies, such as sending webmentions.
Website: github.com/jmacdotorg/plerd
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Developer: Jason McIntosh
License: MIT License
Plerd is written in Perl. Learn Perl with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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