# Tinkerer

Python blogging engine and static website generator built on Sphinx, with posts written in reStructuredText.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/
- repository: https://github.com/vladris/tinkerer
- docs: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/pages/documentation.html

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Vlad Riscutia
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: sphinx

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: pip install tinkerer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-2-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2019-12-06

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 301
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 25
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 183
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 14
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- status: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/tinkerer/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/vladris/tinkerer (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/pages/documentation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/doc/deploying.html (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/vladris/tinkerer (read 2026-10-23)
- basedOn: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/tinkerer/master/setup.py (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/tinkerer/master/setup.py (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/tinkerer/master/setup.py (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/ (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/pages/documentation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/doc/deploying.html (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/pages/documentation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://vladris.com/tinkerer/doc/deploying.html (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/tinkerer/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/tinkerer/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vladris/tinkerer/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://pypi.org/pypi/tinkerer/json (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/tinkerer/json (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/vladris/tinkerer (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/vladris/tinkerer/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/tinkerer (read 2026-10-25)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/tinkerer (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Tinkerer is a Python blogging engine built on Sphinx. Posts and pages are reStructuredText files in a blog directory. The tool builds them into a static website, as the [deployment page](https://vladris.com/tinkerer/doc/deploying.html) states. It is installed with `pip install tinkerer`.

## Worth knowing

The README says Tinkerer is retired in favor of Baku, which it names as its replacement, and the repository is archived on GitHub. The record is marked discontinued.

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