Show HN: Publican – an HTML-first static site generator for Node.js
9 months ago
- #web-development
- #ECMAScript
- #static-site-generator
- Publican uses ECMAScript for creating static sites with minimal configuration.
- It offers fast build times, capable of building a 100-page site in under half a second.
- Publican focuses on server-rendered, HTML-first static sites with optional JavaScript.
- Features clean URL routing with static directories and index.html files.
- Utilizes JavaScript template literals for simpler templates without special syntax.
- Includes syntax highlighting for Markdown code blocks with customizable CSS.
- Extendible with custom values, functions, replacers, and event hooks.
- Provides a static search engine that doesn't require server-side processing or databases.
- Comes with comprehensive documentation including guides, API references, and example themes.