# Toucan

Markdown-based static site generator written in Swift.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://toucansites.com
- repository: https://github.com/toucansites/toucan
- docs: https://toucansites.com/docs/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Binary Birds Ltd.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2024
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: swift
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: mustache
- i18n: multi-language sites with locale and time zone settings

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: Homebrew, Mint, prebuilt binary, pkg installer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-06

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 273
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 6
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://toucansites.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/toucansites/toucan (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/toucansites/toucan/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/toucansites/toucan/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/toucansites/toucan (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/toucansites/toucan/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://toucansites.com/docs/installation/source/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://toucansites.com/docs/installation/macos/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://toucansites.com/docs/installation/linux/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://toucansites.com/docs/getting-started/docker/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/toucansites/toucan/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://toucansites.com/docs/getting-started/configuration/ (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://toucansites.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://toucansites.com/docs/getting-started/quickstart/ (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://toucansites.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/toucansites/toucan (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/toucansites/toucan/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/toucansites/toucan/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/toucansites/toucan/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/toucansites/toucan/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/toucansites/toucan (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/toucansites/toucan/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Toucan is a static site generator written in Swift. It reads Markdown content and Mustache templates from a project folder and builds every page at build time, and the generated files can be hosted on a file server. Besides generating a site, the command line has `watch` and `serve` subcommands for rebuilding and previewing. The docs describe locale and time zone settings for multi-language sites. Binary Birds maintains the project, and the project's own website is generated with Toucan.

## Worth knowing

The docs describe deployment to GitHub Pages through a [GitHub Actions guide](https://toucansites.com/docs/deployment/github-pages/).

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