Lamb

Straightforward, extensible, zero configuration public domain static site generator, written in modern TypeScript. Just point Lamb to your site's directory and upload the contents of /out to your host. Comes with a few fancy tricks to make your life easier, such as a handy special import syntax and NextJS-style filesystem routing (with support for MDX and JSX!)

➔ Lamb complements Ashley, the general purpose & public domain forum software that aims to be simple, correct, consistent, and complete. We highly recommend you check it out!

[!IMPORTANT] This is WIP software and is not ready for production. You shouldn't use this as anything but a toy at the moment. This document serves as a roadmap, and not necessarily as a list of currently available features.

Overview

• Use Markdown, MDX, JSX, or HTML. Bring in your favorite web technologies and libraries and they will be bundled into your site.
• Routing is based on files and directories. index.md compiles into index.html, and /my/favorite/directory/yay.md compiles into /my/favorite/directory/yay.html.
• Use components instead of Markdown. Export a component from a page ending in .js/.ts/.jsx/.tsx and it will be rendered, similarly to the Pages router for NextJS.
• Layouts for every directory. Create a special _layout.html (or any of the other supported formats) in any directory to provide a directory-specific layout.
• Special import syntax. Need to generate content based on the structure of your site, like an index page listing all blog posts? Use import posts from "./*.md" to import all frontmatters in the directory and do stuff with them.
• Live server. Use lamb dev and navigate to the URL it prints. All changes will be automatically compiled and your browser will reload afterwards.

Usage

Installation

Using a binary

It is possible to run Lamb on its own by downloading a binary for your platform from the Releases page. They are, however, experimental.

Using npm

Install Lamb globally from npm using the following command.

npm install @mblouka/lamb -g

Creating a project

You can install a project in any directory using the lamb init command. This will create a default project configuration in the current directory, with an index.md page, a _layout.html root layout, and a _layout.css default stylesheet.

Building a project

Simply run lamb in the current directory. When no arguments are passed, lamb will just assume you want to build your project. By default, files will be output into /out, but you can change this by altering the lamb.config.json file, which is optional.

License

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. For more information, read the full license.