JungleJS
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The facts
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What it does
- Audience
- The maker says Jungle is especially suited to blogs and documentation sites, as well as other static sites.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Build stack
- It compiles static sites using GraphQL and Svelte.checked 8 Oct 2001
- CMS integration
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Contact
- The site lists [email protected] as its email address.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Content sources
- markdownchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Data layer
- Jungle provides a GraphQL data layer for querying data from any source.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Data sources
- The homepage lists headless CMSs, Git-based CMSs, APIs, Contentful, WordPress, Forestry, AirTable, CSV, and JSON as possible sources.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Development limitation
- The quick start says livereload does not currently work, so users must stop and rerun the process to reload.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Development status
- The introduction says its beginner tutorial is forthcoming and points readers to the quick start in the meantime.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Documentation status
- The introduction says its tutorial for people new to web development is still forthcoming and points users to the quick start in the meantime.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Dynamic routing
- Routes named with a parameter such as [param].svelte can generate dynamic routes from the GraphQL data layer.checked 8 Oct 2001
- External data
- The maker’s homepage lists headless CMSs, Git-based CMSs, and APIs such as Contentful, WordPress, Forestry, AirTable, CSV, or JSON as data sources.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Getting started
- The quick start instructs users to create a project from the Jungle template with degit, install dependencies with npm, and run npm run start.checked 8 Oct 2001
- GraphQL data layer
- The introduction says the GraphQL data layer supports querying data from any part of an app and from any data source.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Hosting
- The homepage lists Netlify, AWS Amplify, Vercel, Surge.sh, GitHub Pages, and other hosts as deployment destinations.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Integrations example
- A maker-site tutorial demonstrates using Sanity as a data source and deploying the frontend through Netlify.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Intended use
- The contributing page says Jungle is especially suited to blogs and documentation sites, and also fits other static sites.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Local preview
- The quick start says the start command builds to jungle/build and serves locally, and notes that livereload does not work yet.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Local preview server
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Product
- Jungle describes itself as a Jamstack framework for Svelte that builds static sites from data sources.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Routing
- Dynamic route files such as [param].svelte can generate routes from the GraphQL data layer.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Security
- The introduction says compiling to a static site offers higher security; it does not name a security certification or compliance standard.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Security claim
- The introduction says compiling to a static site provides higher security; it does not specify a certification or compliance standard on that page.checked 8 Oct 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
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