nanoc/nanoc

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

2157 stars · 250 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Nanoc is a flexible static-site generator written in Ruby that transforms content in formats like Markdown or AsciiDoc into HTML sites. It is a programmable command-line tool suitable for building anything from small personal blogs to large corporate websites.

Use cases

• generate a static website from markdown content
• build a personal blog with a ruby static site generator
• create a corporate website with consistent layouts
• compile asciidoc content into html pages
• build a multilingual static site
• deploy a fast, secure static site to any web server

When to choose

• you know Ruby and want a highly programmable static-site generator
• you need flexible rules, filters, and helpers for complex site builds
• you want a mature tool with strong backwards compatibility guarantees
• you prefer local development with static output deployable anywhere

When to avoid

• you need a CMS with content management and a web UI
• you want a zero-code, batteries-included generator like Hugo or Jekyll with a huge theme ecosystem
• your team does not know Ruby, since Nanoc sites are configured in Ruby

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

static-site-generator templating cli web-development developer-tools documentation ruby cli cross-platform ssg markdown ruby-gem static-websites blogging

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