imathis/octopress
Octopress is an obsessively designed framework for Jekyll blogging. It’s easy to configure and easy to deploy. Sweet huh? 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: 6163
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 887
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
9235 stars · 2554 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Octopress is a Ruby-based framework built on top of Jekyll that provides a polished, responsive blogging theme and a set of rake tasks and plugins for easy configuration and deployment. It bundles code-embedding features, third-party integrations (Disqus, Google Analytics, GitHub repos), and community plugins for static blog publishing.
Use cases
- set up a static blog with jekyll
- create a developer blog with code syntax highlighting
- deploy a jekyll site easily
- get a responsive blog theme for jekyll
- embed gists and code snippets in blog posts
- add disqus comments and google analytics to a static blog
When to choose
- you want a pre-configured, nicely themed Jekyll blog without manual setup
- you blog about code and want built-in syntax highlighting and code embedding
- you prefer rake-task-driven workflows for building and deploying static sites
When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - development has moved to Octopress 3.0 and this repo sees little activity
- you want full control over your Jekyll setup rather than an opinionated framework
- you need a dynamic blog with server-side features like user accounts or a database
Facets
framework · maturity maintenance
static-site-generator templating cli documentation web-development frontend developer-tools documentation ruby cli cross-platform jekyll blogging static-site rake-tasks responsive-theme code-highlighting disqus google-analytics
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/imathis/octopress · fetched 2026-08-28 · 68a7342223b1
- homepage: http://github.com/imathis/octopress · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1abf56130998
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| imathis/octopress | main | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="imathis/octopress")
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