Writer’s Block is a minimalistic static site generator.
It’s also used as a personal wiki engine. It’s an opinionated Markdown processor with Zettelkasten flavor.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Auto-indexing Directories including images with EXIF extraction.
- Wikilinks and Backlinks.
- Documents support popular markdown flavors.
- Various ways of Document Titles extraction.
- Basic Breadcrumbs.
- Emoji expansions.
- Embedded EEx support for advanced hacking.
- Customizable templates.
Website: github.com/aerosol/wb
Support:
Developer: Adam Rutkowski
License: Apache License version 2.0
Writer’s Block is written in Elixir. Learn Elixir with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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