# Pagegen

Python static site generator that builds a website from plain text page files and folders.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://pagegen.phnd.net
- repository: https://github.com/oliverfields/pagegen
- docs: https://pagegen.phnd.net/quick-start

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Oliver Fields
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

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

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-04-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 26
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 1
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 107
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://pagegen.phnd.net/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/oliverfields/pagegen (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://pagegen.phnd.net/quick-start (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oliverfields/pagegen/master/setup.py (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/oliverfields/pagegen (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://pagegen.phnd.net/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://pypi.org/pypi/pagegen/json (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://pypi.org/pypi/pagegen/json (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://pagegen.phnd.net/quick-start (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://pagegen.phnd.net/manual/site (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://pagegen.phnd.net/manual/site (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://pagegen.phnd.net/quick-start (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://pagegen.phnd.net/manual/site (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://pagegen.phnd.net/manual/site (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://pypi.org/pypi/pagegen/json (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/pagegen/json (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/oliverfields/pagegen/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/pagegen/json (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/oliverfields/pagegen (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/oliverfields/pagegen/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/pagegen (read 2026-10-25)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/pagegen (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Pagegen is a static site generator written in Python and installed with pip. It keeps its content as flat files, stored in a content directory, and its templates use Mako. The pgn command writes the finished site to a build directory, which is uploaded to a web server, so the live site needs no process of its own.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0