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Fornax

Scriptable static site generator that defines page layouts in F# scripts.

Fornax is a scriptable static site generator that defines its page layouts with a type-safe F# DSL. It runs as a global .NET tool. The fornax build command writes the generated site to a _public folder, and fornax watch starts a small local webserver that hosts the site and recompiles it when files change.

The Ionide documentation page for Fornax says the page itself was built with Fornax.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Lambda Factory3
First release
20194

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Static files, Dev only1
Rendering
Static output1
Install with
dotnet tool install fornax -g1

Releases

Current major version
Pre-1.04
Last release
2025-11-094

Adoption

GitHub stars
2562
Contributors
345

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-23: links, Runtime, Categories, Templating, Rendering, Runs as, Install with
    ionide.io/Tools/fornax.html
  2. 2026-10-23: links, Written in, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/ionide/Fornax
  3. 2026-10-23: Maintainer, License, License model
    raw.githubusercontent.com/ionide/Fornax/master/LICENSE.md
  4. 2026-10-23: First release, Current major version, Last release
    api.github.com/repos/ionide/Fornax/releases
  5. 2026-10-23: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/ionide/Fornax/contributors?per_page=1

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