# Dapper

Perl publishing tool that builds static websites from Markdown files and TT3 layouts.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://markdbenson.com/dapper
- repository: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper
- docs: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Mark D. Benson
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: perl
- runtime: perl
- runtimeMin: perl 5.8
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: tt3
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: cpan

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-01-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 50
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 5
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://markdbenson.com/dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://markdbenson.com/dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/markdbenson/dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://markdbenson.com/dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainerType: https://markdbenson.com/dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://markdbenson.com/dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/release/App-Dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/markdbenson/dapper/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/release/App-Dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/release/App-Dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/markdbenson/dapper (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/markdbenson/dapper/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Dapper is a publishing tool for static websites, written in Perl and distributed as a CPAN module that provides the `dapper` command. Content is written as Markdown files, and layouts use the TT3 syntax from the Template::Alloy engine. A build writes the site to an `_output` directory as static files, which the README shows publishing to Amazon S3 or GitHub Pages.

Mark D. Benson maintains the project and publishes it from a page on his personal site.

## Worth knowing

The maintainer's page for Dapper is marked archived and says the software is no longer actively developed.

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