Tapestry
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Tapestry, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Tapestry's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Assets
- The default project scaffold includes Laravel Elixir support for compiling assets, with packages for image optimization, JavaScript bundling, and browser syncing.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Blog support
- Tapestry includes blog-aware content handling, including posts, drafts, categories and scheduled publishing based on post dates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Build and deploy
- Tapestry builds source files into a destination directory, and its documentation describes deploying generated static files to a server or GitHub Pages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Content
- Tapestry’s default blog content type includes categories and tags for classifying posts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Content formats
- Built-in renderers support .md, .markdown, .htm, .html and .phtml files; other files are copied to the build directory.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Content sources
- markdownchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- Tapestry has no built-in deployment method; its documentation describes deploying generated static files to a server or GitHub Pages.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Plugins can access Tapestry’s core and extend or replace components; the documentation describes installing plugins through Composer and registering a service provider.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation describes an asset plugin that works with gulp-rev to version static assets.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The site states that Tapestry is licensed under the MIT License.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Local preview server
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Pricing
- The pages opened describe Tapestry as downloadable software and do not state a price.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Tapestry is a static site generator that uses PHP Plates, front matter, and Markdown.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The installation documentation lists PHP >= 5.6.4 as a system requirement.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The documentation invites users to report errors or contribute through the project’s GitHub repository.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported languages
- PHPchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Templates
- Tapestry uses the Plates native PHP template system for building websites.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The site credits Simon Dann as the maker and documentation maintainer.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- Installation instructions mention Windows and Linux/Unix PATH setup for the command-line tool.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Platform support
- The installation instructions describe placing the executable on PATH and give commands for Windows and Linux/Unix.checked 11 Oct 2026
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