# SiteGen

Go static site generator with incremental builds, a live-reload development server and Go templates.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://altlimit.github.io/sitegen/
- repository: https://github.com/altlimit/sitegen
- docs: https://github.com/altlimit/sitegen/blob/master/README.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Faisal Raja
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2026
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg, cms
- hosting: static
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: go-templates
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: alt install altlimit/sitegen

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 8
- 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://altlimit.github.io/sitegen/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/altlimit/sitegen (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/altlimit/sitegen (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/docs/CMS.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altlimit/sitegen/master/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/altlimit/sitegen/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/altlimit/sitegen/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/altlimit/sitegen/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/altlimit/sitegen (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/altlimit/sitegen/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

SiteGen is a single Go binary that builds a site from templates written with Go's html/template package and writes the result to a public directory. The build flags clean that directory first and minify the HTML, JavaScript and CSS output.

The built-in editing UI at /__cms edits the same source files the build reads, with no database and no separate content store. It is available only in serve mode.

## Worth knowing

The -share option relays the development server through the sitegen.dev server, so a public link to a local site depends on that service and runs only with the development server.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0