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Serif

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

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.

Identity

Status
Discontinued1
Maintainer
Adam Prescott3
Maintained by
Individual
First release
20124

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Static files, Dev only2
Rendering
Static output2
Install with
gem install serif2

Releases

Current major version
Pre-1.05
Last release
2014-04-225

Adoption

GitHub stars
1131
Contributors
16
Dependent repositories
17

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-23: Status, links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif
  2. 2026-10-23: links, Runtime, Categories, Install with, Rendering, Runs as, Templating
    github.com/aprescott/serif/blob/master/README.md
  3. 2026-10-23: Maintainer, License model
    raw.githubusercontent.com/aprescott/serif/master/LICENSE
  4. 2026-10-23: First release
    api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif/git/commits/21cc83bd7238008cde20decf871e3330761d3067
  5. 2026-10-23: Current major version, Last release, Admin interface
    rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/serif.json
  6. 2026-10-23: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/aprescott/serif/contributors?per_page=1
  7. 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories
    packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/serif

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