# Templer

Perl static-site generator that builds HTML pages from page files, layouts and HTML::Template variables.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://steve.fi/software/templer/
- repository: https://github.com/skx/templer
- docs: https://github.com/skx/templer/blob/master/README.md

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Steve Kemp
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: html-template
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: CPAN (App::Templer)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0-or-later, Artistic-1.0-Perl

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2022-07-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 64
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 3
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://api.github.com/repos/skx/templer (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://steve.fi/software/templer/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/skx/templer (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/skx/templer/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://steve.fi/software/templer/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainerType: https://steve.fi/software/templer/ (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/skx/templer (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/skx/templer/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/skx/templer/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://github.com/skx/templer/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://steve.fi/software/templer/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/skx/templer/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/skx/templer/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://steve.fi/software/templer/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/skx/templer/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://steve.fi/software/templer/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skx/templer/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skx/templer/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skx/templer/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skx/templer/master/ChangeLog (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/skx/templer/git/ref/tags/release-1.4 (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/skx/templer/commits/1b224a3358027804e8197cb3d1cfe0d3e765d49a (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/skx/templer (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/skx/templer/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Templer is a static site generator written in Perl. It expands variables in its pages and layouts with the HTML::Template module, and pages can be written in HTML, or in Textile or Markdown through plugins. A site is rebuilt by running the `templer` script in the site directory, and the output is HTML pages written to an output directory.

The software is installed from CPAN as App::Templer, built from a git clone, or installed from Debian packages in the author's own repository.

## Worth knowing

The repository is archived on GitHub, and the project's own site names it as the place where development occurs, so the record is marked discontinued.

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