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A simple, extensible static site generator.

Project description

Gilbert

Another static site generator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilbert_(astronomer)

This README contains a brief introduction to the project. Full documentation is available here.

Quick Start

Install gilbert:

$ pip install gilbert

Create a gilbert project:

$ gilbert --root mysite init

(You can omit --root if it's the current directory.)

Create page files in mysite/pages/

Render your site:

$ gilbert --root mysite render

Have gilbert serve your site:

$ gilbert --root mysite serve

Serve your site and re-render on changes:

$ gilbert --root mysite serve --watch

Finally, list all loaders and plugins:

$ gilbert --root mysite plugins

Installation requirements

Gilbert current requires Python 3.7 or greater.

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