Plerd
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The facts
Each one read from Plerd's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience and scope
- The maker says Plerd is designed for blogs, podcasts, or other sites presenting a single time-ordered array of posts with syndication feeds.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Customization
- The generated pages use customizable templates rendered with Template Toolkit.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Hosting requirement
- In its basic mode, Plerd generates static files but does not provide a web server; another server must serve the output directory.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project describes syncing workflows with Dropbox or rclone and supports IndieWeb technologies including microformats and Webmention.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended audience
- The maker describes Plerd as a narrow-scope tool for blogs, podcasts, or other sites presenting a single time-ordered array of posts with syndication feeds.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Markdown
- Plerd processes posts in GitHub-Flavored Markdown mode, including CommonMark and extensions such as tables, strikethrough, and task lists.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Output
- Generated sites include post pages, a recent-posts front page, an archive, a tags page, and Atom and JSON Feed documents.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project status
- The maker describes Plerd as released and stable and says he has used it continuously since 2014.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- A daemon watches the source folder and updates the published files when content changes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Publishing workflow
- A daemon watches the source folder and updates the published files when content changes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Plerd is an ultralight blogging platform for Markdown fans that generates a static website from files in one folder.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- Installation requires Perl version 5.26 or later and the cpanm program for managing Perl libraries.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security behavior
- Plerd passes HTML markup in post source files to the published output unfiltered because it is intended as a single-user platform.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker invites bug reports, pull requests, questions, and suggestions through GitHub or direct email.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Theme customization
- custom codechecked 22 Sep 2026
- Web server requirement
- In basic mode, Plerd generates static HTML and XML files but does not provide a web server.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2014checked 28 Sep 2026
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