# Sitepress

Ruby gem that serves file-based content pages inside a Rails app or compiles them into a static site.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://sitepress.cc
- repository: https://github.com/sitepress/sitepress
- docs: https://sitepress.cc/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Bradley Gessler
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: erb, haml, slim, markdown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, always-on
- renderingModes: static, server
- installMethod: gem install sitepress

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-11-17

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 396
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 7
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 3
- dependentPackages: 2

### Sources

- urls: https://sitepress.cc/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/sitepress/sitepress (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://sitepress.cc/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sitepress/sitepress/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/sitepress/sitepress (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://sitepress.cc/getting-started/static (read 2026-10-23)
- basedOn: https://sitepress.cc/ (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://sitepress.cc/ (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://sitepress.cc/ (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://sitepress.cc/getting-started/static (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://sitepress.cc/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://sitepress.cc/getting-started/static (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://sitepress.cc/getting-started/rails (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://sitepress.cc/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://sitepress.cc/getting-started/static (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sitepress/sitepress/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/sitepress.json (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sitepress/sitepress/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/sitepress.json (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/sitepress.json (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/sitepress.json (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/sitepress/sitepress (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/sitepress/sitepress/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/sitepress (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/sitepress (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Sitepress treats a folder of content files as a website. Each file can carry frontmatter that templates read, and the same content can run inside a Rails application or be compiled into static HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Sitepress is built on top of Rails and can serve several sites from one Rails app.

## Worth knowing

The Rails embed runs as a long-lived application process, while the static compiler produces files that a host serves. The two are separate ways to run the same content.

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