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ellgreen/pace
=============

Simple static site generator using Laravel blade

1.0.0(5y ago)52811MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Aug 31Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Pace
====

[](#pace)

**Simple static site generation**

Using, [Laravel Blade](https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/blade), [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com), and [Alpine.js](https://github.com/alpinejs/alpine)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Create a new Pace project

[](#create-a-new-pace-project)

```
composer create-project ellgreen/pace-template blog
```

This will create a directory named `blog` with the scaffolding for your new Pace application

### Install the npm dependencies

[](#install-the-npm-dependencies)

```
npm install
```

### Building the static site

[](#building-the-static-site)

#### For development

[](#for-development)

The following command will build the site into `build/`

```
npm run dev
```

##### Watching for changes + BrowserSync

[](#watching-for-changes--browsersync)

To watch for changes in the files, and automatically rebuild the site, use:

```
npm run watch
```

#### Building the site for production

[](#building-the-site-for-production)

The following command will build the production ready static site into `build_prod/`

```
npm run prod
```

Serving the application
-----------------------

[](#serving-the-application)

### Development

[](#development)

The following command will serve the site to

```
./pace serve
```

Use the `--prod` option to serve the production site

Template
--------

[](#template)

When you serve the initial template, it should look like this:

[![Pace template screenshot](https://github.com/ellgreen/pace/raw/master/.assets/template-screenshot-v1.png "Pace template screenshot")](https://github.com/ellgreen/pace/blob/master/.assets/template-screenshot-v1.png)

You can view the template here:

Markdown
--------

[](#markdown)

Using markdown in Pace is easy, just create a new page with the `.md` extension and write some markdown.

### Embedding Markdown in Blade

[](#embedding-markdown-in-blade)

To embed markdown in a blade view you can add the `extends` option to the yml front matter like so:

```
---
extends: components.layout.post
---

# This is my post

* **bold**
* *italic*
* `code`
```

The rendered markdown will then be made available to the template as the `$markdown` variable.

### Adding metadata

[](#adding-metadata)

You can pass extra metadata from the markdown to the view it extends like so:

```
---
extends: components.layout.post
title: This is my post
---

Post content goes **here**
```

Then it can be accessed in the blade view like this:

```

    {{ $page->title }}

```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~83 days

Total

4

Last Release

1833d ago

Major Versions

0.3.0 → 1.0.02021-05-08

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.4

1.0.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4f85fea6b0835c13393db2e18305160902eab148102b6d6d00a43a9fb22f2d57?d=identicon)[ellgreen](/maintainers/ellgreen)

---

Top Contributors

[![ellgreen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17834927?v=4)](https://github.com/ellgreen "ellgreen (20 commits)")

---

Tags

alpinejsbladelaravel-bladestatic-sitestatic-site-generatortailwindcss

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/ellgreen-pace/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/ellgreen-pace/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/ellgreen-pace)
```

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