Charge, an opinionated, zero-config static site generator

#react #opensource #static #staticsites

What?

Charge is an opinionated, zero-config static site generator written in JavaScript. It supports a wide variety of common uses and it does it without needing to be configured or customized. It’s fast, it’s simple, and it works the way you probably expect it to. That’s it.

Why?

Yeah, I know, another static site generator. Let me be clear, I really did not want to make a static site generator. It’s really the very last thing I wanted to do.

I went on StaticGen and looked at every JavaScript-based one. I could not find a single one that I thought was simple, well-documented, had the features I needed, was actively maintained, and was designed and worked the way I wanted. So here I am, making a static site generator.

Highlights

Zero configuration
Templating via JSX and MDX
React renders server-side, not client-side
Write futuristic JavaScript with Babel
Write futuristic CSS with PostCSS
Live-reloading development server
Rebuilds the minimum files necessary
Dynamic pages (coming soon)
Stellar documentation ✨

Documentation

You can find the Charge documentation on the website.

Let me know what you think!

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