# yst

Tool that generates a static website by filling string templates with data from YAML or CSV files, or from SQLite3 databases.


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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/jgm/yst

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: John MacFarlane
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2009
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: haskell
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: sqlite
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: stringtemplate
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: cabal install yst

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0-or-later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-02-04

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 408
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 6
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/yst (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/yst/yst.cabal (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/yst (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown (read 2026-10-23)
- templating: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/yst/yst.cabal (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/yst-0.1/upload-time (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/yst/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/yst (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/yst (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/jgm/yst/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

yst is a command-line tool that generates a static website by filling string templates with data from YAML or CSV files, or from SQLite3 databases. It is written in Haskell and installed with `cabal install yst`. Running `yst` writes the site to a `site` directory. The README describes templates written as Markdown with pandoc extensions, which yst converts to HTML with pandoc.

## Worth knowing

A SQLite3 build needs the `builtin-sqlite3` flag when the sqlite3 library is missing. The [README](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jgm/yst/master/README.markdown) covers the commands and template syntax.

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