Tongs
Static site generator built on Laravel Zero, with plugins for collections, Markdown and Blade views.
Tongs is a static site generator built on Laravel Zero, and its README calls it heavily based on Metalsmith. It runs source files through plugins for collections, drafts, Markdown and Blade views. The source and destination can each be a local directory or a Laravel filesystem, so the output can go straight to an S3 bucket. The example site repository shows the setup with Composer.
Worth knowing
The repository is archived and read only, and the README marks the project as work in progress. The Packagist record flags the package as abandoned. The README has no installation steps; the setup comes from the example repository.
Identity
- Status
- Discontinued12
- Maintainer
- Marlin Forbes4
- Maintained by
- Individual
- First release
- 20202
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Static files, Dev only35
- Rendering
- Static output3
- Install with
- composer install5
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-23: Status, links, Written in
api.github.com/repos/datashaman/tongs - 2026-10-23: Status, First release, Minimum runtime, License, Last release
repo.packagist.org/p2/datashaman/tongs.json - 2026-10-23: links, Categories, Built on, Templating, Rendering, Runs as
github.com/datashaman/tongs/blob/master/README.md - 2026-10-23: Maintainer, Runtime, License
github.com/datashaman/tongs/blob/master/composer.json - 2026-10-23: Install with, Runs as
github.com/datashaman/tongs-example/blob/master/README.md - 2026-10-23: Current major version
api.github.com/repos/datashaman/tongs/tags - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/datashaman/tongs/contributors - 2026-10-23: Packagist downloads
packagist.org/packages/datashaman/tongs.json - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/datashaman%2Ftongs - 2026-10-25: Packagist downloads a month
packagist.org/packages/datashaman/tongs/stats.json