# Nikola

Python static site and blog generator that builds websites from reStructuredText, Markdown and other input formats.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/nikola/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://getnikola.com/
- repository: https://github.com/getnikola/nikola
- docs: https://getnikola.com/handbook.html
- plugins: https://plugins.getnikola.com
- x: https://x.com/GetNikola

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Roberto Alsina and others
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.8
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: Mako, Jinja2
- i18n: multilingual sites

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: pip

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-05-17

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2750
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 210
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 5789
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 85
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://getnikola.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://getnikola.com/handbook.html (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/getnikola/nikola/blob/master/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://getnikola.com/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://getnikola.com/handbook.html (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://getnikola.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://pypi.org/pypi/Nikola/json (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://getnikola.com/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://getnikola.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://getnikola.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://getnikola.com/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://getnikola.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://getnikola.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://getnikola.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola/git/tags/52a04ca3c5f2d22eff68199a52b76f5df5fc537d (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/Nikola (read 2026-10-25)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/Nikola (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Nikola is a static website and blog generator written in Python. It takes content in reStructuredText, Markdown, IPython notebooks or HTML and builds a site of HTML files and assets that can be hosted on any web server. Blogs are a supported use, and themes can be written in Mako or Jinja2. Plugins extend the generator, and the project lists them in a plugin index. Nikola is installed with pip, and the development server is started with nikola serve. Roberto Alsina and others hold the copyright.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0