# Obelisk

Static site generator for Elixir that builds blog posts and pages from Markdown files and EEx templates.


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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/BennyHallett/obelisk

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Benny Hallett
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: unknown
- language: elixir
- runtime: beam
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: eex, haml
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: mix dependency from Hex

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2015-04-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 393
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 6
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://api.github.com/repos/BennyHallett/obelisk (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/BennyHallett/obelisk (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BennyHallett/obelisk/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/BennyHallett/obelisk (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BennyHallett/obelisk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BennyHallett/obelisk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BennyHallett/obelisk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BennyHallett/obelisk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BennyHallett/obelisk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/BennyHallett/obelisk (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BennyHallett/obelisk/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/BennyHallett/obelisk/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://hex.pm/api/packages/obelisk (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://hex.pm/api/packages/obelisk (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/BennyHallett/obelisk (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/BennyHallett/obelisk/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BennyHallett/obelisk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BennyHallett/obelisk/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Obelisk is a static site generator for Elixir that builds blog posts and pages from Markdown files in a project directory. Layouts are written in EEx or HAML.

It is added to an Elixir project as a Hex dependency through mix. The README describes a local server for checking the built site.

## Worth knowing

The GitHub repository that the Hex package links to is archived, so the project is recorded as discontinued.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0