# Serif

Ruby static site generator and blogging system that builds sites from Markdown files and Liquid templates.


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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/aprescott/serif
- docs: https://github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Adam Prescott
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: gem install serif

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2014-04-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 113
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 1
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aprescott/serif/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aprescott/serif/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif/git/commits/21cc83bd7238008cde20decf871e3330761d3067 (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/serif.json (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/serif.json (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/serif.json (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/serif (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Serif is a static site generator and blogging system that builds a site from Markdown files and Liquid templates. `serif generate` writes the finished site into a `_site` folder that a web server serves, and `serif dev` serves it locally for testing. The RubyGems package summary adds an optional admin interface. Serif is installed with RubyGems.

## Worth knowing

The GitHub repository is archived.

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