Show HN: Makesite – A static site generator in 125 lines of Python
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HN comment orderA while ago I had written a tool called PySiteCreator. It lets you create simple web sites (I originally thought of it for creating wikis, but later realized it was more general) by writing them purely in Python, using Python function calls to generate various HTML elements. It uses a make-like approach (file timestamp checking between input and output files) and relies on a simple convention that users have to follow, of defining a Python function called create() in each…
Cool, but I'm so tired of Python that I've started to avoid any projects written with it. Dealing with dependencies, 2 vs. 3, pip, virtualenv, etc is such a pain. I think the Java/Go/Rust model where all dependencies are included in the binary is the way to go.
example site repos can show its versatility, or absence therof.
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-17 | Show HN: Makesite – A static site generator in 125 lines of PythonFirst breakout · Best thread | sunainapai | 146 | 60 |
| 2019-08-26 | Makesite.py – Simple, lightweight and magic-free static blog generator in Python | susam | 7 | 1 |
| 2019-11-24 | Makesite.py – Simple, lightweight, and magic-free static site/blog generatorLatest 20+ point return | staticwebdev | 121 | 72 |
| 2020-11-18 | Makesite.py: FAQ: Can you add feature X to this project? | susam | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-07-15 | Makesite: Simple, lightweight, and magic-free static site/blog generator | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-09-13 | Makesite.py | bundie | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-12-24 | Makesite: Simple, lightweight, and magic-free static site/blog generator (2022) | Tomte | 1 | 0 |