docpad/docpad
Empower your website frontends with layouts, meta-data, pre-processors (markdown, jade, coffeescript, etc.), partials, skeletons, file watching, querying, and an amazing plugin system. DocPad will streamline your web development process allowing you to craft powerful static sites quicker than ever before. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5649
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 934
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3044 stars · 234 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
DocPad is a Node.js static site generator offering layouts, metadata, pre-processors (Markdown, Jade, CoffeeScript), partials, file watching, and a plugin system. It was a pioneering static site generator for Node.js but is now officially archived and considered historical.
Use cases
- generate a static website from markdown files
- build a blog with layouts and partials
- preprocess coffeescript and jade into a static site
- create a documentation site with templates
- watch and rebuild a website during development
When to choose
- maintaining an existing legacy DocPad site
- you specifically need DocPad's plugin ecosystem for an old project
When to avoid
- starting a new static site project
- you need actively maintained tooling
- you need dynamic server-rendered features
- you want modern alternatives like Next.js, Astro, or Eleventy
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
static-site-generator templating cli plugin-system markdown web-development frontend developer-tools documentation cross-platform cli static-site-generator coffeescript preprocessor template-engine file-watching layouts partials nodejs
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/docpad/docpad · fetched 2026-08-28 · f22f658dd6c4
- homepage: https://docpad.bevry.me · fetched 2026-08-29 · 63263b3353b0
- site_page: https://docpad.bevry.me/start/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7623a46d323c
- site_page: https://docpad.bevry.me/start/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6a3484879148
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| docpad/docpad | main | 32 |
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