# kristoff-it/zine

Fast, Scalable, Flexible Static Site Generator (SSG)

Repository: https://github.com/kristoff-it/zine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zine
Homepage: https://zine-ssg.io
Language: Zig
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ssg, static-site-generator, zig-package
Last push: 2026-08-12T14:27:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 93, longevity 71
- inputs: {"age_days": 1007, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 45, "gap_med": 9.5, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1540, forks 101 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:00.560364+00:00)

## What it is
Zine is a fast static site generator written in Zig that turns Markdown-based content (SuperMD) and HTML templates (SuperHTML) into static websites. It features an instant-rebuild development server, structured content authoring, i18n support, and build-time error checking for malformed HTML.

## Use cases
- build a personal blog with a static site generator
- generate a documentation website from markdown files
- create a static site deployable to GitHub Pages
- run a local dev server with instant rebuilds on save
- publish a project devlog with RSS feed
- build a multilingual static website

## When to choose
- you want extremely fast full-site rebuilds and instant live preview
- you prefer structured content authoring over Hugo-style shortcodes
- you want templating that catches malformed HTML at build time
- you're starting a simple or medium-complexity personal site or blog

## When to avoid
- you need full feature parity with Hugo or Jekyll today
- your site requires complex plugins or a large ecosystem of themes
- you need guaranteed stability as Zine is beta software with breaking changes
- you want a JavaScript or Python-based toolchain

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: static-site-generator, templating, markdown, cli
- domain: web-development, frontend, documentation, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: ssg, zig, supermd, superhtml, dev-server, rss, i18n, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- kristoff-it/zine (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.560364+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 2026-08-30T04:30:51.507379+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kristoff-it/zine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:00.560364+00:00, sha 96b5a1108871)
  - homepage: https://zine-ssg.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:22.661244+00:00, sha 82352eaeeca4)
  - site_page: https://zine-ssg.io/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:22.670156+00:00, sha 40904cfee079)
  - site_page: https://zine-ssg.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:22.671913+00:00, sha 332e3ea5f130)
  - site_page: https://zine-ssg.io/docs/supermd (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:22.676868+00:00, sha bc0dbfdf6e2b)
  - site_page: https://zine-ssg.io/docs/superhtml (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:22.678854+00:00, sha fd3c92d9cf7e)
  - site_page: https://zine-ssg.io/docs/scripty (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:22.680976+00:00, sha 099d8dfed756)
  - site_page: https://zine-ssg.io/log (fetched 2026-08-29T11:32:22.673511+00:00, sha 467d9689b518)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.