Sculpin is a static site generator written in PHP.
Sculpin takes data sources such as text files (Markdown, Textile, etc.) and transforms them using Twig templates to produce a set of static HTML files that can be deployed to almost any hosting platform.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- PHP 7 static site generator. Fast and easy to get started. If your language of choice is PHP, you’ll feel right at home if you need to extend Sculpin.
- Composer-based installation. Forget about managing library versions manually! Sculpin installs using Composer to give you extra flexibility with any project you’re building.
- Twig templates. Twig is a full-featured modern template engine. It’s approachable to learn and it is extensible, documented, concise and flexible.
- Symfony’s HTTP Kernel. Sculpin is built on it. This lets you use Symfony Bundles to extend Sculpin for any advanced functionality you need without extending Sculpin directly.
Website: sculpin.io
Support: Documentation, Quick Start Guide, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Dragonfly Development Inc.
License: MIT License
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