Marmite

Marmite, short for Markdown makes sites, is a deliberately simple static site generator for bloggers. Point it at a directory of Markdown files and a single command renders a complete static site, removing the setup work that many other generators require before you can publish your first post.

It reads the .md files, parses them with CommonMark, extracts optional metadata from front matter or the filename and writes an HTML page for each one, copying static and media folders along the way. Posts are distinguished from pages by a date attribute, and content can be organized with tags, authors with profile pages, streams, series and languages for translations. Extras include GitHub-flavored Markdown, wikilinks, Obsidian-style links, callout alerts, backlinks, related content and RSS output.

Everything is embedded in one binary, the defaults need no configuration, and a marmite.yaml file allows optional tuning, including the Markdown parser. The output is flat HTML by default, with workspaces for multi-site layouts. Marmite is written in Rust and licensed under AGPL-3.0, and its author is upfront that it is meant to stay simple.