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Vowel is a very simple Markdown- and CSS-based website generator.
To try Vowel out on your own computer, cd into a directory of markdown files and run:
npx vowel
Vowel is a minimal website framework for developers who love to write CSS and read RSS.
Vowel will generate a feature-rich HTML website from a directory of markdown files. The output is plain HTML. You can style it however you want with your own CSS.
Vowel is created by Sam Littlefair. If you have questions or comments, reach out to me on Twitter.
Features
Cards
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Create eye-catching content with no fuss. (Like this.)
Emoji favicons
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Use any emoji you want for your website's icon.
Frontmatter
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Display dates, lists, nested properties, links, and images in your frontmatter.
Live editing
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See updates live as you save.
Navigation
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Structure your content with smart nav menus.
RSS
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Deliver your content to RSS readers with an Atom feed.
Rich link previews
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Create rich links with titles and images.
Robots
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Take control of your robots.txt.
Sitemap
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Submit your website to search engines with a sitemap that lists all of your pages.
Speed
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Get a blazing-fast, Svelte-rendered website.
Static generation
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Load pages quickly with plain HTML.
Taxonomies
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Go beyond tags to create authors and categories.
Webmentions
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Send Webmentions to linked pages from your new content.
Try it
Documentation
Learn how to use Vowel.