# Scribing

Static blog generator written in PHP that builds posts and pages from Markdown files with Plates templates.


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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/elazar/scribing
- docs: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Matthew Turland
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: composer require elazar/scribing

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2017-06-18

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 11
- packagistDownloads: 225
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 1
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://api.github.com/repos/elazar/scribing (read 2026-10-23)
- status: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/elazar/scribing.json (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/elazar/scribing (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/elazar/scribing.json (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/elazar/scribing (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/elazar/scribing (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://github.com/elazar/scribing/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/elazar/scribing/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/elazar/scribing.json (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/elazar/scribing (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/elazar/scribing/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/elazar/scribing.json (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Scribing turns Markdown posts and pages into a static blog. It builds a file for each post and each page, plus an archive page that lists posts by year, using Plates templates. A separate subcommand writes an Atom feed from the posts. The README describes hosting the generated files on GitHub Pages from a separate repository, and the tool is installed with Composer.

## Worth knowing

The repository is archived and read only. The Packagist record flags the package as abandoned, with no replacement named.

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