Sculpin
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The facts
Each one read from Sculpin's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Content
- Source files can include YAML front matter and be formatted with Twig and other formatters.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Content formats
- Sculpin ships with Markdown and Textile converters.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Content sources
- markdownchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Deployment
- Generated production files can be uploaded to a web server, and the deployed site does not use PHP on the server.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Extensibility
- Sculpin supports community bundles through a Symfony HttpKernel-based bundle system.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Hosting
- Generated static files can be deployed to any web host.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Install
- Sculpin can be installed into a Composer-managed project with `composer require sculpin/sculpin`.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Installation
- Sculpin can be installed as a dependency in a Composer-managed project with `composer require sculpin/sculpin`.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- The getting-started guide describes deploying generated sites with rsync, GitHub Pages, or Amazon S3, with s3cmd needed for its sample S3 script.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Language
- Sculpin is a PHP static site generator and can be extended with PHP.checked 11 Oct 2001
- License
- The Sculpin GitHub repository identifies the project as MIT licensed.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Local preview
- The `generate --watch --server` command watches source files, regenerates the site, and serves it locally.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Local preview server
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Production output
- Running `sculpin generate --env=prod` creates an `output_prod` directory whose contents can be uploaded to a web server.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- Sculpin combines Markdown content and Twig templates to generate static HTML websites.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Server requirements
- Sculpin's documentation says PHP is not used on the server because the generated site consists of static files.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Support
- The maker directs users with questions to the Sculpin community, Discord, and Mastodon.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Supported languages
- PHPchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Templates
- Sculpin uses Twig, which the maker describes as an extensible template engine.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Theme support
- The documentation describes theme support as experimental and says the theme API may change drastically over time.checked 10 Oct 2001
- Use cases
- Sculpin can create any type of static website, including blogs.checked 10 Oct 2001
- What it does
- Sculpin is a PHP static site generator that converts Markdown files, Twig templates, and standard HTML into static HTML sites.checked 10 Oct 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
The company
- Maker
- The site footer identifies Dragonfly Development; the pages opened did not state its headquarters or founding year.checked 11 Oct 2001
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