Webby
Ruby static website generator that combines page contents with layouts to produce HTML.
Webby is a Ruby tool that combines the contents of each page with a shared layout, such as the header, navigation and footer, to produce HTML files. Its autobuild mode regenerates pages as they change and serves the output through WEBrick, the web server bundled with Ruby, for local preview. The generated files are plain HTML, so the live site needs no server-side code and any web space can host it.
Worth knowing
The README says Webby is no longer under active development and points readers to nanoc, a similar tool. The project’s RubyForge homepage no longer answers, so the README and the gem are the only readable sources.
Identity
- Status
- Discontinued1
- Maintainer
- Tim Pease3
- Maintained by
- Individual
- First release
- 20084
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Static files, Dev only1
- Rendering
- Static output3
- Install with
- gem install1
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-23: Status, Runtime, Templating, Install with, Runs as, License, License model, Content storage
raw.githubusercontent.com/TwP/webby/master/README.rdoc - 2026-10-23: links, Written in, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/TwP/webby - 2026-10-23: Maintainer, Categories, Rendering
raw.githubusercontent.com/TwP/webby/master/webby.gemspec - 2026-10-23: First release
api.github.com/repos/TwP/webby/git/refs/tags/webby-0.7.1 - 2026-10-23: Current major version
api.github.com/repos/TwP/webby/git/refs/tags/webby-0.9.4 - 2026-10-23: Last release
rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/webby.json - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/TwP/webby/contributors - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/webby