XLog
Static site generator and live preview server for knowledge bases, digital gardens and personal wikis, written in Go.
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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.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Emad Elsaid4
- Maintained by
- Individual
- First release
- 20229
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Always on, Static files67
- Rendering
- Static output6
- Install with
- go install, pre-built binary, Docker, AUR, from source5
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-23: links, Runtime, Categories
xlog.emadelsaid.com/ - 2026-10-23: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog - 2026-10-23: links, Content storage, License, Plugins
raw.githubusercontent.com/emad-elsaid/xlog/master/README.md - 2026-10-23: Maintainer
raw.githubusercontent.com/emad-elsaid/xlog/master/LICENSE - 2026-10-23: Install with
xlog.emadelsaid.com/docs/Installation/ - 2026-10-23: Rendering, Runs as
xlog.emadelsaid.com/tutorials/Creating%20a%20site - 2026-10-23: Runs as, Admin interface
xlog.emadelsaid.com/docs/Usage/ - 2026-10-23: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog/releases/latest - 2026-10-23: First release
api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog/tags - 2026-10-23: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/emad-elsaid/xlog/contributors?per_page=1