SkeleSite Generator

SkeleSite is another static site generator without the bureaucracy:

• No front matter in the source files; metadata is implicit.
• Can use any markup language with a command line tool, including none.
• Has sensible defaults and a usable built-in template.

It’s very similar to its older brother called SlenderSite, except with many simplifications:

• Works with pages in one directory
• Navigation has to be added manually
• Only uses one template at a time

SkeleSite also shares the same restrictions:

• Limited template engine
• No handling of stylesheets or images

Templates are compatible between the two, and they’re used the same way.

There’s one important difference: SkeleSite is written in portable shell script and only uses a handful of standard utilities like awk, tr and cat. It should run on any Linux distribution or similar operating system without installing anything.

It’s named that way in keeping with the original’s horror theme, and because it’s only the skeleton of a SSG, sticking to essential features.