Urubu is a micro CMS for static websites, with a focus on good navigation practices.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- For websites, not just blogs – set up a website as logically related content. Content ordering is flexible, not just by date.
- Content in Markdown syntax, with popular extensions.
- Per-page control of page layout and other stuff. Plus user-defined variables.
- Easily set up a navbar, a table of contents sidebar, breadcrumbs and pagers.
- Refer to other pages like in wikis, using Markdown syntax.
- Works well with Bootstrap, the popular framework for great looking websites.
- Use the powerful Jinja2 templating library to define page layouts.Python hooks to assist in templating.
- Use a git workflow to develop your website. Deploy by pushing.
Website: github.com/jandecaluwe/urubu
Support:
Developer: Jan Decaluwe
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Urubu is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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