# sculpin/sculpin

Sculpin — Static Site Generator

Repository: https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sculpin
Homepage: https://sculpin.io
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-07T18:51:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 94, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5369, "days_push": 26, "days_rel": 40, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1484, forks 189 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:51.339912+00:00)

## What it is
Sculpin is a PHP-based static site generator that converts Markdown, Textile, and other text sources into static HTML using Twig templates. It installs via Composer and ships with skeleton projects for blogs and landing pages.

## Use cases
- generate a static blog from markdown files
- build a company landing page with twig templates
- create a documentation site deployable anywhere
- convert markdown content to static html
- start a php-based static site quickly with composer

## When to choose
- you prefer PHP and Twig over other SSG ecosystems
- you want a fast, composer-installable static site generator
- you need blog skeletons with taxonomy and pagination support

## When to avoid
- your team works primarily in JavaScript, Ruby, or Go ecosystems
- you need a full dynamic CMS with server-side rendering
- you require a large plugin ecosystem beyond what Sculpin offers

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: static-site-generator, templating, markdown
- domain: web-development, frontend, documentation, cms
- platform: php, cli, cross-platform
- tags: static-site-generator, twig, markdown, blogging, composer

## Member repositories
- sculpin/sculpin (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.339912+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:34:00.874593+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.339912+00:00, sha 2e0a2f5e61dc)
  - homepage: https://sculpin.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:21.873857+00:00, sha 9bcaa5105a70)
  - site_page: https://sculpin.io/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:21.883029+00:00, sha 5b765264e26f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.