Gemican

Gemican is a static Gemini capsule generator, written in Python.

It is based on the static site generator, Pelican.

Highlights include:

• Write your content directly with your editor of choice in Gemtext or Markdown formats
• Includes a simple CLI tool to (re)generate your site
• Easy to interface with distributed version control systems and web hooks
• Completely static output is easy to host anywhere

=> Gemtext | Markdown

Ready to get started? Check out the Quickstart guide.

=> Quickstart

Features

Gemican’s feature highlights include:

• Articles (e.g., blog posts) and pages (e.g., "About", "Projects", "Contact")
• Integration with external services
• Site themes (created using Jinja2)
• Publication of articles in multiple languages
• Generation of Atom and RSS feeds
• Import existing content from WordPress, Dotclear, or RSS feeds
• Fast rebuild times thanks to content caching and selective output writing
• Extensible via plugins

Why the name "Gemican"?

"Gemican" is an anagram of camegin, which means nothing in any language.

Only joking - Gemican is based on the Pelican static site generator, and took its name from that.

=> Pelican

Source code

You can access the source code at:

=> Gemican GitHub

How to get help, contribute, or provide feedback

See our feedback and contribution submission guidelines.

=> Contribute

Documentation

=> Quickstart | Install | Content | Publish | Settings | Themes | Plugins | gemican-themes | Importer | FAQ | Tips | Contribute | Internals | History | Changelog