What is Sculpin?
Sculpin is a static site generator written in PHP that converts Markdown files and Twig templates into static HTML pages. It is designed for building high performance websites and blogs.
Some key features of Sculpin include:
- Simple and clean content format using Markdown
- Powerful Twig templating engine for complete customization over the generated HTML
- Built-in support for Markdown extensions like code highlighting
- Flexible data sources like YAML files for additional content
- Easy integration with version control systems like Git for content changes
- High speed static site generation ideal for blogs and documentation sites
- Extensible architecture allowing plugins and custom components
- Automatic content updates triggered through webhooks
- Bootstrap and asset management through Composer
Sculpin aims to balance simplicity for writers with developer control over the final output. Its lean and modular nature makes it a good choice for technical bloggers, documentation sites, marketing landing pages, and any site where performance and customization are important.