# BSSG

Static site generator written in Bash that builds a website from Markdown posts and pages.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://bssg.dragas.net/
- repository: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG
- docs: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG/src/branch/main/README.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Stefano Marinelli
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2025
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: no
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: built-in support for multiple languages using locale files

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: source clone

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-06-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: unknown
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://bssg.dragas.net/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://bssg.dragas.net/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG/raw/branch/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainerType: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG/raw/branch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://bssg.dragas.net/ (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG/raw/branch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG/raw/branch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG/raw/branch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG/raw/branch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://bssg.dragas.net/ (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://bssg.dragas.net/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG/raw/branch/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://brew.bsd.cafe/stefano/BSSG/raw/branch/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://brew.bsd.cafe/api/v1/repos/stefano/BSSG/releases?limit=50 (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://brew.bsd.cafe/api/v1/repos/stefano/BSSG/releases?limit=50 (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://brew.bsd.cafe/api/v1/repos/stefano/BSSG/releases?limit=50 (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

BSSG is a static site generator written in Bash. It reads Markdown posts, pages, drafts and static files from a site directory, and `./bssg.sh build` writes the finished site to an `output/` directory inside it. The README describes keeping the site content apart from the BSSG core scripts, so the core can be updated with `git pull` without touching the site. A built-in development server previews the output locally, and a custom deployment script can run after each build.

## Worth knowing

The README says the default bash on macOS is too old, so a newer bash from Homebrew is needed to run it there.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0