# Metalsmith

Pluggable static site generator for Node.js that reads a source directory, runs plugins over its files and writes the result to a destination directory.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/metalsmith/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-21

## Record

### Links

- home: https://metalsmith.io
- repository: https://github.com/metalsmith/metalsmith
- docs: https://metalsmith.io/docs/getting-started
- plugins: https://metalsmith.io/plugins

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Kevin Van Lierde DBA webketje
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: BE

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: unknown
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 16
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: npm install metalsmith

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-02-03

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 7817
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 12755
- contributors: 57
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 4759
- dependentPackages: 2153

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/metalsmith/metalsmith (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/metalsmith/metalsmith (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://metalsmith.io/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://metalsmith.io/about (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/metalsmith/metalsmith (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://metalsmith.io/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/metalsmith/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://metalsmith.io/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-21)
- contentStore: https://metalsmith.io/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-21)
- renderingModes: https://metalsmith.io/docs/getting-started (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metalsmith/metalsmith/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/metalsmith/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/metalsmith/metalsmith/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/metalsmith (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://metalsmith.io/about (read 2026-10-21)
- hqCountry: https://metalsmith.io/about (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/metalsmith/metalsmith (read 2026-10-21)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/metalsmith/metalsmith/contributors?per_page=100&anon=true (read 2026-10-21)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/metalsmith (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://metalsmith.io/plugins (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/metalsmith (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/metalsmith (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Metalsmith is a static-site generator for Node.js. It reads the files in a source directory, passes them through a chain of plugins and writes the result to a destination directory. The [getting-started guide](https://metalsmith.io/docs/getting-started) describes its output as static files that can be deployed to a web server. Plugins extend the core, and the [plugin directory](https://metalsmith.io/plugins) lists them.

## Worth knowing

The [about page](https://metalsmith.io/about) says the copyright of the software and its official plugins has been held by Kevin Van Lierde DBA webketje since September 2021.

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