# XLog

Static site generator and live preview server for knowledge bases, digital gardens and personal wikis, written in Go.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com
- repository: https://github.com/emad-elsaid/xlog
- docs: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com/docs/Usage/
- forum: https://github.com/emad-elsaid/xlog/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Emad Elsaid
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg, wiki
- hosting: binary, static
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: no
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on, static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: go install, pre-built binary, Docker, AUR, from source

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 234
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 10
- pluginCount: 37
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emad-elsaid/xlog/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emad-elsaid/xlog/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com/docs/Installation/ (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emad-elsaid/xlog/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com/tutorials/Creating%20a%20site (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com/tutorials/Creating%20a%20site (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com/docs/Usage/ (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://xlog.emadelsaid.com/docs/Usage/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emad-elsaid/xlog/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)
- pluginCount: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/emad-elsaid/xlog/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

XLog is a static site generator for digital gardens and personal wikis, written in Go. It serves a folder of Markdown files as a website, stores nothing in a database, and can build the same files into static HTML. Pages are edited in the user's own text editor.

Running the binary in a folder starts an HTTP server on port 3000 with a live preview. The installation page lists installation with go install, pre-built binaries, Docker and the AUR, and the README describes built-in extensions for backlinks, hashtags and search.

## Worth knowing

The live server is a process that keeps running and answers requests, so a site served that way needs a host that runs it. The HTML written by the build step needs only static hosting.

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