www-os

a "zero-config" static site builder mostly for me. write html to build sites out of html with minimal tooling and mostly just html.

it can build your site. it has a dev server that rebuilds as you make changes (though you still have to reload). it has templating (if you want it). it has build-time data (if you want it). it can change the directory it builds your site to!

installation

first, install deno. you accomplish that many ways. personally, i use asdf to manage the install, and you can too using these instructions.

install the tool:

$ deno install https://deno.land/x/wvvw@0.0.2/www.ts

deno can build "standalone binaries". they bundle most of deno along with it and are kind of big. but at some point soon, i'll figure out a nice way to package that up to make it easier to install if you don't otherwise care about deno.

usage

to run the dev server:

$ www . --up

to build your site

$ www .

to build your site for production:

$ www . --prod

organization

organize your directory however you want. the structure of your site will mirror your directory structure. if you just want to look at examples, check out the test site or my webiste.

your directory structure and any files you create will be copied into your built site as they are. if you want want to write plain html, you can write plain html!

there are a few special file types that you can use if you want to use fancier static-site features like templating, shared layouts, html fragments, &c. within those, there are also some special build-time html features you can use, but i'll have to document them later.

is this for me?

maybe! i like it a lot. if you really just want to write html and want to repeat yourself a little less, this might be for you too. but it'also not very well documented, probably pretty buggy, and missing features.

todos

  • init command
  • cli options should be able to come after positional args
  • ???
  • you tell me
  • or better yet, implement it

thanks

thanks to the parks staff and their website dumpling.love. influenced by other similar tools like sergey. inspired by the power of html.energy.