# Baku

Python blogging engine and static website generator that writes posts in Markdown.


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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/vladris/baku
- docs: https://github.com/vladris/baku/blob/main/README.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Vlad Riscutia
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: pip install baku

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-10-18

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 22
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 2
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 80
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/vladris/baku (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/vladris/baku/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/baku/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/vladris/baku (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/baku/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/baku/main/setup.py (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/baku/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/baku/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/baku/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/baku/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/baku/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/vladris/baku (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/baku/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/baku/json (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://pypi.org/pypi/baku/json (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/baku/json (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/vladris/baku (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/vladris/baku/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/baku (read 2026-10-25)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/baku (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Baku is a Python blogging engine and static website generator that builds Markdown posts into a static blog. Its README calls it the spiritual successor to [Tinkerer](https://github.com/vladris/tinkerer).

A blog lives in a directory set up with `baku --init`. Each post is a Markdown file under a path that reflects its date, and drafts sit in a separate folder that the build ignores. The build writes the site to a folder that the [README](https://github.com/vladris/baku/blob/main/README.md) suggests publishing on a static host such as GitHub Pages. Pages are rendered from templates in the blog's `templates` folder with a templating engine of Baku's own. Posts can use MathJax for mathematical notation and Mermaid for diagrams.

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