Jekyll (software)
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| Developer(s) | Tom Preston-Werner, Nick Quaranto, Parker Moore |
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| Stable release | 2.5.3 (2014-12-22) |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Ruby (programming language) |
| Type | Blog publishing system |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | http://jekyllrb.com/ |
Jekyll is an open source program, written in Ruby by Tom Preston-Werner, GitHub's co-founder. Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator for personal, project, or organization sites. Instead of using databases, Jekyll takes the content, renders Markdown or Textile and Liquid templates, and produces a complete, static website ready to be served by Apache HTTP Server, Nginx or another web server.[1] Jekyll is the engine behind GitHub Pages,[2] a GitHub feature that allows users to host websites based on their GitHub repositories.
Philosophy
According to Jekyll's "README" file,
it does what you tell it to do no more, no less. It doesn't try to outsmart users by making bold assumptions, nor does it burden them with needless complexity and configuration. Put simply, Jekyll gets out of your way and allows you to concentrate on what truly matters: your content.
References
- ↑ "README.markdown for Jekyll software". Jekyll's authors. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ↑ "GitHub Pages". Jekyll's authors. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
External links
- Jekyll official website.
- Jekyll's official GitHub repository.
- Blogging like a hacker. Article by Tom Preston Werner on his Jekyll software.