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Nikola

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

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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Roberto Alsina and others4
First release
20128

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Static files, Dev only25
Rendering
Static output2
Install with
pip5

Releases

Current major version
89
Last release
2025-05-1710

Adoption

GitHub stars
2,7501
Contributors
2107
Downloads a month
5,78911
Dependent repositories
8511

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-23: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola
  2. 2026-10-23: links, Runtime, Rendering, Runs as, Templating, Multilingual
    getnikola.com/
  3. 2026-10-23: links, Categories
    getnikola.com/handbook.html
  4. 2026-10-23: Maintainer
    github.com/getnikola/nikola/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
  5. 2026-10-23: License, Install with, Runs as
    getnikola.com/getting-started.html
  6. 2026-10-23: Minimum runtime
    pypi.org/pypi/Nikola/json
  7. 2026-10-23: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola/contributors
  8. 2026-10-23: First release
    api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola/git/tags/52a04ca3c5f2d22eff68199a52b76f5df5fc537d
  9. 2026-10-23: Current major version
    api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola/releases
  10. 2026-10-23: Last release
    api.github.com/repos/getnikola/nikola/releases/latest
  11. 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Downloads a month
    packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/Nikola

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