Markbase

Markbase is a simple, lightweight, and fast static site generator that turns a bunch of markdown files into a website.

Features:

As simple as it can get, just call markbase build folder/to/markdown/files to get your output
Watch mode, just call markbase watch folder/to/markdown/files to open a local server and automatically rebuild your site on file changes
Modern theme with dark- and light mode
Syntax highlighting in code segments
Admonitions and lots of other extended markdown features
Customization of document names and order through frontmatter or folder config files
Generates SEO tags, sitemap file and favicons
Lots of customizability through custom plugins

Get Started

Install markbase with

npm install -g markbase

Then, run

markbase build folder/to/markdown/files

to generate your website. The output will be in the ./out folder.

You can also use markbase watch to automatically rebuild your site on file changes.

You can configure how markbase generates your site by creating a configuration file config.yml at the root of your document folder:

title: My Website
description: This is my website
documents: ["**/*.md"]
assets: ["**/*.png", "**/*.jpg"]
out: ./dist

See here for more information on the configuration options.