Awesome Small Web Publishing

A curated list of awesome small web publishing tools and frameworks.

• Website Generation
• Specialized Tools and Frameworks
• Articles, Inspiration, and more Resources

Website Generation

·	description	ssg	MW	tags
archive.txt		-		php, markdown
bashblog	single Bash script to create blogs	x		shell
Blot	turn a folder into a website	-		folder, docker
BeniBela site	static webpage generation with Xidel	x		xidel, make
Chyrp Lite		-		php, markdown
blosxom	single perl file blogging system	x		perl, html
Decker	builds on the legacy of HyperCard and the visual aesthetic of classic MacOS	-	x	hypercard, gui
Ed	Jekyll theme for textual editors based on minimal computing principles	x		jekyll, markdown
file.garden	websites sown from files, directories, and .DS_Store	x		js, DS_Store
Fish SSG	ssg for Obsidian written in fish shell	x		shell, pandoc, obsidian
gemkill	ultralight ultrasimple static site builder	x		gemtext, ruby
HOTGLUE	visual tool for making web-pages	-	x	php, gui
ikiwiki	particularly flexible ssg with some dynamic features	x		linux, gui
John Doe’s page		-	x	html
kiki	tiny homepage construction kit with a small footprint	-		php, markdown
Lichen	the simplest possible CMS	x		cgi, gemtext
Lichen-markdown	simple and friendly CMS for making static websites	x		markdown
lol	ssg in chicken scheme	x		chicken-scheme, markdown
m4-blog	boilerplate for an m4 blog	x		m4, pandoc
makesite	static siteblog generator for python	x		python, markdown
MiniMagAsm		-		cgi, web-assembly
MkDocs	Project documentation with Markdown	x		shell, markdown
mkws	simple ssg	x		shell, upphtml
monotone	personal knowledge base system. markdown markup, runs in the browser	-		markdown, js
mynah	little wiki bird	x		shell, pandoc, markdown
nini	nini is the new ni	x		go , htm
Oscean	wiki engine	x		uxntal, assembly
Oddµ	static wiki generator	x		markdown, wiki
panblog	simple, minimal bash and pandoc-based ssg	x		shell, pandoc, markdown
Pancake	awful ssg with an awful logo and an awful acronym	x		pandoc, racket
pancake.sh	pandoc to markdown based note-archive	x		shell, pandoc, markdown
Phraxos	POSIX compliant ssg	x		html
Portable thoughts	single HTML document from a collection of Markdow	x		php, markdown
Publii	static site CMS application with an interface	x		gui, html
Sergey	the little ssg	x		nodejs, markdown, html
sitegen	tool for generating static html and gemtext pages	x		zig, markdown, gemini, html
siteHX	barebones ssg in haxe	x		haxe, markdown, html
shite	the little hot-reloadin' static site maker from shell	x		shell, org-mode
soupault -	static site management tool	x		html, html, html
snowman	ssg for SPARQL backends	x		SPARQL, gotemplate
Untitled Static	Site Generator – a multi-site ssg	x		shell, pandoc
vienna	Platonic Ideal of a simple and extensible ssg	x		shell, htm
Void	website creation tool	-		php, markdown
web-bud	small static website maker built with Node	x		nodejs, markdown
Web Origami	complementing HTML and CSS with concisely defined structure and content	x		nodejs, markdown, csv
werc	sane web anti-framework	-		cgi
wg	ssg written in Fennel	x		fennel
Zine	simple and opinionated tool to build your own magazine	x		shell, markdown, toml

SSG (Static Site Generation), MW (Manual Work, as in writing html by hand)

Specialized Tools and Frameworks

·	description	tags
Faircamp	ssg for audio producers	dio, rust
Hyper 8 Video System	ssg for video content	video, rust
Kitten	small Web development kit	webapps, js, htmx
lowdown	simple markdown translator	markdown
pandoc	universal document converter	pandoc

Articles, Inspiration, and more Resources

• All you may need is HTML – fabiensanglard.net
• Awesome Gemini
• Awesome Static Web Site Generators
• Gemini Protocol – building a lightweight online space
• HTML Energy
• my website is one binary – j3s.sh
• smolweb – promoting a simple unbloated web

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