# Urubu

Python tool that builds static websites from Markdown files and Jinja2 layouts, with a focus on navigation.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com
- repository: https://github.com/jandecaluwe/urubu
- docs: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/manual/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Jan Decaluwe
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 2.7
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: jinja2
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: pip install urubu

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: AGPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-03-30

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 178
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 15
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 59
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 6
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/jandecaluwe/urubu (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/manual/ (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/more/about.html (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/start.html (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/manual/install.html (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/manual/install.html (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/manual/structure.html (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/start.html (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/start.html (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/jandecaluwe/urubu (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://urubu.jandecaluwe.com/more/about.html (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/urubu/json (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/jandecaluwe/urubu/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/urubu/json (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/jandecaluwe/urubu (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/jandecaluwe/urubu/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/urubu (read 2026-10-25)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/urubu (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Urubu is a Python tool that builds a static website from Markdown files and Jinja2 layouts. Its pages describe it as a tool for sites that are a set of logically related content rather than a blog, with a navbar, a table of contents sidebar, breadcrumbs and pagers set up from the folder tree. `urubu build` writes the site into a `_build` directory, and `urubu serve` starts a local server on port 8000. The homepage also describes Python hooks that assist in templating, and deployment by pushing to a git repository.

## Worth knowing

The homepage calls Urubu a micro CMS, while the start page describes it as a tool to build static websites. The software is under the GNU Affero General Public License, and the documentation content is under CC-BY-SA.

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