# Ace

Static page generator written in Ruby, with template inheritance for sites that generate many pages.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/ace/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/botanicus/ace
- docs: https://github.com/botanicus/ace/blob/master/README.textile

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Jakub Šťastný aka Botanicus
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: gem install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2013-04-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 38
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 1
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 6
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://api.github.com/repos/botanicus/ace (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/botanicus/ace (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/botanicus/ace/blob/master/README.textile (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/botanicus/ace/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/botanicus/ace (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://api.github.com/repos/botanicus/ace (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/botanicus/ace/blob/master/README.textile (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/botanicus/ace/blob/master/README.textile (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/botanicus/ace (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/ace.json (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/ace.json (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/botanicus/ace (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/botanicus/ace/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/ace.json (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/ace (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Ace is a static page generator written in Ruby. It is installed from RubyGems with `gem install ace`, and its README highlights template inheritance as one of its features. The copyright line of its MIT license names Jakub Šťastný aka Botanicus as the author.

## Worth knowing

The GitHub repository is archived, and that is why this record is marked discontinued. The repository has no releases or tags; the gems on RubyGems are the published versions.

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