# Zensical

Static site generator for project documentation, written in Rust and Python and built by the creators of Material for MkDocs.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://zensical.org/
- repository: https://github.com/zensical/zensical
- docs: https://zensical.org/docs/
- pricing: https://zensical.org/studio/pricing/
- x: https://x.com/zensical
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zensical.org
- mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@zensical
- discord: https://discord.com/invite/hqXRNq9CjT

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Zensical LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2025
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: rust
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.11
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: pip, uv, conda-forge

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: MIT, Zensical Studio EULA

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-16

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5978
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 19
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 1402671
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://zensical.org/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/zensical/zensical (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zensical/zensical/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://zensical.org/license/ (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/zensical/zensical (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://zensical.org/docs/get-started/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://pypi.org/pypi/zensical/json (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://zensical.org/docs/get-started/ (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://zensical.org/docs/get-started/ (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://zensical.org/docs/publish-your-site/ (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://zensical.org/docs/publish-your-site/ (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/zensical/zensical (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://zensical.org/studio/license/ (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://zensical.org/studio/pricing/ (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/zensical/zensical/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/zensical/zensical/releases/latest (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/zensical/zensical (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/zensical/zensical/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zensical/zensical/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/zensical/json (read 2026-10-23)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/zensical (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Zensical is a static site generator for project documentation, written in Rust and Python and distributed as a Python package. It is built by the creators of Material for MkDocs, and its documentation includes a guide for moving an existing MkDocs project to it.

A project installs Zensical with pip, uv or conda-forge and builds the site with `zensical build`. The publishing guide describes the static site being automatically built and deployed.

## Worth knowing

Zensical Studio is a separate product, not part of the open source code. Its license page describes it as a commercial product under its own end user license agreement, and its pricing page lists a Pro edition that adds project-wide refactoring. The Zensical code itself is MIT-licensed.

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