# Zodiac

Static website generator written in sh and awk that converts a project directory of pages, metadata and layouts into HTML files.

STUB. This software has no release or pre-release in four years, or its project site no longer shows it, so it is not part of the register, not counted and not indexed. It will be checked again.

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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/nuex/zodiac

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: Chase Allen James
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: other
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, local
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: clone the repository and run make install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2014-05-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 249
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 2
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/nuex/zodiac (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuex/zodiac/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/nuex/zodiac (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuex/zodiac/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuex/zodiac/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- renderingModes: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuex/zodiac/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuex/zodiac/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuex/zodiac/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- contentStore: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuex/zodiac/master/README.md (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuex/zodiac/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nuex/zodiac/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/nuex/zodiac/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/nuex/zodiac/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/nuex/zodiac/releases (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/nuex/zodiac (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/nuex/zodiac/contributors (read 2026-10-23)

## Notes

Zodiac is a static website generator written in sh and awk. It runs from the command line as `zod projectdir targetdir`, and external programs such as smu convert Markdown and other markup. The project is installed from its repository with `make install`.

## Worth knowing

The project page named in the README did not resolve when checked, and the repository is the only public source found.

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