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jnordberg/wintersmith

A flexible static site generator observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/jnordberg/wintersmith · homepage · CoffeeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
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: 5326
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1875
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3478 stars · 321 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Wintersmith is a flexible static site generator for Node.js that transforms content like markdown and templates like pug into a static website via a plugin system. It ships as a CLI with scaffolding, a live preview server, and a build command.

Use cases

  • generate a static blog from markdown files
  • build a documentation site with pug templates
  • preview a static site locally while editing
  • extend a static site generator with custom plugins
  • host a simple website without a backend

When to choose

  • you want a plugin-driven Node.js static site generator with markdown and pug support
  • you prefer a simple content-tree model and full control over rendering
  • you want a built-in preview server and site scaffolding

When to avoid

  • you need an actively developed tool with recent releases
  • you prefer a JavaScript-based generator over CoffeeScript-era code
  • you need built-in features like i18n or image pipelines without writing plugins

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

static-site-generator templating markdown cli plugin-system web-development documentation developer-tools cli cross-platform coffeescript pug preview-server content-tree npm static-site-generator nodejs

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
jnordberg/wintersmithmain23

For agents

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