# Rustyll

Static site generator written in Rust that builds Markdown and Liquid sites, with compatibility for Jekyll sites and themes.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://rustyll.better-web.org
- repository: https://github.com/betterwebinit/rustyll
- docs: https://rustyll.better-web.org/docs/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Better Web Initiative
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2025
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: rust
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: liquid
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: cargo install rustyll

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: AGPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-11-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 9
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 1
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://rustyll.better-web.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/betterwebinit/rustyll (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://rustyll.better-web.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/betterwebinit/rustyll/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/betterwebinit/rustyll/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/betterwebinit/rustyll (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/betterwebinit/rustyll/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://rustyll.better-web.org/docs/installation/ (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/betterwebinit/rustyll/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://rustyll.better-web.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://rustyll.better-web.org/docs/deployment/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://rustyll.better-web.org/docs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/betterwebinit/rustyll (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://github.com/betterwebinit/rustyll/blob/main/Cargo.toml (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/betterwebinit/rustyll/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/betterwebinit/rustyll/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/betterwebinit/rustyll/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/betterwebinit/rustyll (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/betterwebinit/rustyll/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Rustyll is a static site generator written in Rust. It builds sites from Markdown and Liquid templates, and it is compatible with Jekyll sites and themes. The [installation guide](https://rustyll.better-web.org/docs/installation/) installs it as a Rust crate with Cargo or as a Docker image, and the [deployment page](https://rustyll.better-web.org/docs/deployment/) describes the generated output as static.

The project publishes migration guides for moving a site from Jekyll, Hugo, Gatsby, Eleventy, Zola, mdBook, GitBook, MkDocs, Pelican, Slate and Bridgetown. It is a Better Web Initiative project.

## Worth knowing

The main branch names a version that has no release yet, so the newest installable version may differ from the code on the main branch.

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