# Sculpin

PHP static site generator that builds static HTML files from Markdown and Twig templates.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/sculpin/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-21
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-21

## Record

### Links

- home: https://sculpin.io/
- repository: https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin
- docs: https://sculpin.io/documentation/
- plugins: https://sculpin.io/
- mastodon: https://phpc.social/@sculpin
- discord: https://discord.gg/dCcjUa7YYN

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Dragonfly Development Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: composer require

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1482
- packagistDownloads: 112535
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 67
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 1744
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 126
- dependentPackages: 14

### Sources

- urls: https://sculpin.io/ (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/sculpin/sculpin (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://sculpin.io/documentation/ (read 2026-10-21)
- maintainer: https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin/blob/3.3.1/LICENSE (read 2026-10-21)
- category: https://sculpin.io/ (read 2026-10-21)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/sculpin/sculpin (read 2026-10-21)
- runtime: https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin/blob/3.3.1/composer.json (read 2026-10-21)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin/blob/3.3.1/composer.json (read 2026-10-21)
- installMethod: https://sculpin.io/download/ (read 2026-10-21)
- contentStore: https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin/blob/3.3.1/README.md (read 2026-10-21)
- templating: https://sculpin.io/ (read 2026-10-21)
- renderingModes: https://sculpin.io/ (read 2026-10-21)
- runsAs: https://sculpin.io/ (read 2026-10-21)
- license: https://github.com/sculpin/sculpin/blob/3.3.1/composer.json (read 2026-10-21)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/sculpin/sculpin.json (read 2026-10-21)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/sculpin/sculpin/releases/latest (read 2026-10-21)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/sculpin/sculpin (read 2026-10-21)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/sculpin/sculpin/contributors?anon=true (read 2026-10-21)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/sculpin/sculpin.json (read 2026-10-21)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/sculpin/sculpin.json (read 2026-10-21)
- urls: https://sculpin.io/ (read 2026-10-21)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/sculpin%2Fsculpin (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/sculpin%2Fsculpin (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/sculpin/sculpin/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Sculpin is a static site generator written in PHP. It combines Markdown content with Twig templates and writes static HTML files, which can be deployed to any web host.

Bundles extend Sculpin with extra functionality, and the [project homepage](https://sculpin.io/) lists them.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0