# webgen

Ruby command line static website generator that combines content files with templates to produce HTML.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://webgen.gettalong.org/
- repository: https://github.com/gettalong/webgen
- docs: https://webgen.gettalong.org/documentation
- x: https://twitter.com/_gettalong
- forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/webgen-users

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Thomas Leitner
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2008
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 2.0
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: erb, haml
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: gem install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-3.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-01-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 118
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 3
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 13
- dependentPackages: 7

### Sources

- urls: https://webgen.gettalong.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/gettalong/webgen (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://webgen.gettalong.org/documentation (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://gettalong.org/legal.html (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/gettalong/webgen (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://webgen.gettalong.org/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://webgen.gettalong.org/installation.html (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gettalong/webgen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://webgen.gettalong.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gettalong/webgen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gettalong/webgen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://webgen.gettalong.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://webgen.gettalong.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gettalong/webgen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gettalong/webgen/master/COPYING (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gettalong/webgen/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/gettalong/webgen/git/refs/tags/REL_0_5_0 (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/gettalong/webgen/git/refs/tags/REL_1_7_3 (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/webgen.json (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/gettalong/webgen (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/gettalong/webgen/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://webgen.gettalong.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/webgen (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/webgen (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

webgen is a command line program that combines content files with template files to generate HTML, so the layout stays separate from the content it wraps. Authors can write pages in several markup languages, and the generator adds menus, breadcrumb trails and news feeds. It regenerates only the items that changed, and the output is a self-contained static site whose links are relative, so it can be opened without a web server.

## Worth knowing

The installation page names Ruby 2.0.0 and Ubuntu 14.10 as tested platforms.

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