# Zola

Static site generator distributed as a single binary, with the Tera template engine, Sass compilation and search built in.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/zola/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-20
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.getzola.org/
- repository: https://github.com/getzola/zola
- docs: https://www.getzola.org/documentation/
- forum: https://zola.discourse.group/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Vincent Prouillet
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: tera
- i18n: multilingual sites, described as basic

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: prebuilt binary, homebrew, macports, linux and bsd distribution packages, winget, scoop, chocolatey, snap, flatpak, docker, cargo install

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: EUPL-1.2, MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-12

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 17517
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 536
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/getzola/zola (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/getzola/zola (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://www.getzola.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/tag/v0.0.2 (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://www.getzola.org/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://www.getzola.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105808719 (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://www.getzola.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/getzola/zola (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://www.getzola.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://www.getzola.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://www.getzola.org/documentation/templates/overview/ (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://www.getzola.org/documentation/content/multilingual/ (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://www.getzola.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/getzola/zola (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/getzola/zola (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/getzola/zola (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/getzola/zola (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/getzola/zola/contributors?anon=true (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://www.getzola.org/documentation/deployment/github-pages/ (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

Zola is a Rust program that turns a folder of Markdown files into a static site, rendered with the Tera template engine. Sass compilation and search are built in. It ships as one executable with no dependencies, so the machine that builds the site needs no language runtime. Multilingual sites are supported, which the README calls basic. Themes are listed in a theme gallery. Vincent Prouillet maintains it as an individual, and the project was first named Gutenberg.

## Worth knowing

Code added after a license change in 2026 is under EUPL-1.2, while code that existed before stays MIT. Zola has no plugin system.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0