# Cobalt

Straightforward static site generator written in Rust that turns Markdown pages, posts and Liquid layouts into a static site.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cobalt-org.github.io/
- repository: https://github.com/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs
- docs: https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Cobalt contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: binary download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0, MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-02-19

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1537
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 52
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://cobalt-org.github.io/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://cobalt-org.github.io/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainerType: https://cobalt-org.github.io/ (read 2026-10-23)
- description: https://github.com/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://cobalt-org.github.io/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://cobalt-org.github.io/ (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://cobalt-org.github.io/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/layouts/ (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/usage (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/usage (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/install/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs/master/LICENSE-APACHE (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs/master/LICENSE-MIT (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs/master/LICENSE-MIT (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs/releases?per_page=100 (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/cobalt-org/cobalt.rs/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Cobalt is a static site generator written in Rust. It reads Markdown pages and posts, and renders them through Liquid layouts that can include shared fragments from an `_includes` directory. Content is kept as files in the site directory. Running `cobalt build` writes HTML files to `_site`, ready to be served by a web server. The `cobalt serve` command builds the site and serves it locally while watching for changes, and posts start as drafts until they are published with `cobalt publish`.

The project's [deployment guide](https://cobalt-org.github.io/docs/deployment) describes publishing the output to GitHub Pages or GitLab Pages through a CI job, and uploading it to a self-hosted server with rsync or a git hook.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0