Blek

I build static site generators when I want to dig deeper into a new language. It's the project I know well enough to focus on the language itself rather than figuring out what to build. Built it in Go, liked it enough, now it's my blog.

It does what I need, nothing more.

What it does

• build, serve, clean, new, and init commands
• Development server with live reload
• RSS feed (feed.xml) generated automatically from posts
• Go's html/template — no new syntax to learn, full control
• Posts (listed, dated) and standalone pages (About, Projects, whatever you want)
• Markdown content

Installation

go install git.thrls.net/thiagorls/blek@latest

If blek isn't found after installation, your Go bin directory probably isn't in your PATH:

export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin

Getting started

mkdir my-blog && cd my-blog
blek init .
blek new post "First Post"
blek new page "About" (Optional)
blek serve

When you're ready to publish:

blek build

Output goes to output/.

Commands

Command	Description
blek init [dir]	Set up a new project with default structure and config
blek build	Build the site into output/
blek serve	Dev server with auto-rebuild and browser reload
blek new post "Title"	New post in content/posts/
blek new page "Title"	New standalone page
blek clean	Delete output/
blek version	Print the current version

License

MIT — do whatever you want with it.