fastpages

What it does

Blog analytics

Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026

Comments

Comments use Utterances and are stored as issues in the blog's GitHub repository; the repository must be public for readers to view them.checked 12 Oct 2026

Custom domain

Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026

Customization

Users can customize site styling and configure options such as tags, page width, and Google Analytics.checked 12 Oct 2026

Discovery

fastpages includes keyword search and lets users categorize posts with tags.checked 12 Oct 2026

Embeds

The feature list includes embedding Twitter cards and YouTube videos.checked 12 Oct 2026

Local preview

Users can write posts on a local machine and preview them with live reload.checked 12 Oct 2026

Notebook features

Notebook posts support interactive Altair visualizations, hideable input and output, collapsible code cells, and post metadata in a Markdown cell.checked 12 Oct 2026

Notebook links

Notebook posts can automatically include links or badges for GitHub, Colab, Deepnote, and Binder.checked 12 Oct 2026

Notebook posts

Notebook posts can include code, outputs, formatted text, and interactive Altair visualizations.checked 12 Oct 2026

Project license

The repository lists an Apache-2.0 license.checked 12 Oct 2026

Publishing

It uses GitHub Actions to simplify creating blog posts on GitHub Pages.checked 12 Oct 2026

Purpose

fastpages is a blogging platform for creating Jekyll blog posts from Jupyter notebooks, Word documents, and Markdown.checked 12 Oct 2026

Search

The platform includes keyword search powered by lunr.js.checked 12 Oct 2026

Security and privacy

The opened project pages do not state security certifications or compliance claims.checked 12 Oct 2026

Setup requirement

Setup begins by copying the fastpages repository, and GitHub Actions opens a pull request on the new repository to continue setup.checked 12 Oct 2026

Status

The project is deprecated, and its maintainers recommend using Quarto instead.checked 12 Oct 2026

Theme customization

custom codechecked 22 Sep 2026

Writing formats

Users can create posts from Jupyter notebooks, Markdown files, and Microsoft Word documents.checked 12 Oct 2026