What is Wintersmith?
Wintersmith is an open-source static site generator built on Node.js. It allows developers to easily create flexible and customizable static websites and blogs using Markdown and templates.
Some key features of Wintersmith include:
- Uses Markdown for content writing
- Supports Handlebars and Jade templates for layouts and themes
- Easy to extend and create plugins
- Flexible configuration using JSON files
- Built-in preview server for testing locally
- Supports taxonomies and collections for content organization
- Has a Gulp-based asset pipeline for Sass, CoffeeScript etc.
- Simple and lightweight with minimal dependencies
Wintersmith is a good option for developers looking to build reusable templates and modular static sites. Its plugin architecture makes it flexible to adapt to different projects. It has a small community and developer support may be limited compared to more popular generators.