Assemble
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Assemble, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Assemble's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Assemble | Free | No price or usage limits stated |
The facts
Each one read from Assemble's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- The README says Assemble is used by developers and teams and gives examples of websites built with it.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Build workflows
- The API includes tasks, builds and a watch method that can run tasks when watched files change.checked 7 Oct 2026
- CMS integration
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Community support
- The README directs users with questions or suggestions to its Gitter conversation or Twitter account.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Content sources
- markdownchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Content structure
- Its documented view types are partial, layout and renderable, and it supports pages, includes, layouts and pagination.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Created by
- The maker says Assemble was created by Jon Schlinkert and Brian Woodward.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Data sources
- JSON and YAML data can be used to populate rendered templates.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The project documents support for Gulp and Base plugins and says any Gulp plugin can be used in its pipeline.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Framework compatibility
- The project says Assemble can be used with any web framework or CSS/HTML toolkit and can build static or hybrid static/dynamic sites.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Helpers
- Assemble’s options documentation says it uses an external library with more than 100 Handlebars helpers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Incremental builds
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Installation
- The instructions install Assemble with npm as a project development dependency or globally for command line use.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Installation requirement
- The Assemble plugin installation page says it requires Grunt ~0.4.1 and gives `npm install assemble --save-dev` as the install command.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License
- The maker’s Grunt Assemble repository says it is released under the MIT license.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Local preview server
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Multilingual support
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Page building
- Assemble supports layouts, partials, page collections, pagination and permalinks.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- The project documentation describes support for Gulp and Base plugins.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Pricing and security
- The opened official site and project README state no prices, trial terms, security certifications or compliance claims.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- Assemble is a static site generator for Grunt.js, Yeoman and Node.js.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Project flexibility
- The maker says projects can put layouts, pages and partials wherever they want instead of following required folder names.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Supported languages
- JavaScript,Node.jschecked 22 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
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