Plop is another static website generator with no configuration.

Why? Because, it's faster to build your own website generator than to learn how to use existing ones.

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plop

Plop is another static website generator with no configuration.

Why? Because, it's faster to build your own website generator than to learn how to use existing ones.

Features

~200 lines of code
Written in Go
No configuration, no imposed directory layout
Convert Markdown files to HTML from a template
Uses Golang template engine
Generate RSS feed

Installation

go install

Example

Create a file src/homepage.md:

title: Some Title
description: Some article description
template: homepage
uri: index.html
---

My article content.

Create a template file templates/homepage.html:

{{define "homepage"}}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
    {{ if .Description }}
        <meta name="description" content="{{ .Description }}">
    {{ end }}

    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/stylesheet.css">
</head>
<body>
    {{ .Body | markdown }}
</body>
</html>
{{ end }}

Run plop to generate the static file:

plop

Run a local HTTP server to preview the result with plop -serve.

Header Properties

title: Page title
description: Optional article description
template: Name of the Golang template
uri: HTML file to generate
date: Date (ISO-8601)
rss: Boolean to indicate if the article should be included into a RSS feed

Command Line Arguments

$ plop -h
Usage of plop:
  -port string
        Port to listen on (default "3000")
  -serve
        Start local HTTP server
  -src string
        Sources folder (default "src")
  -tpl string
        Templates folder (default "templates")

README.md