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[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. themsaid/katana AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) themsaid/katana =============== A neat static site & blog generator with markdown support. v1.1.0(9y ago)3801.7k39[7 issues](https://github.com/themsaid/katana/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/themsaid/katana/pulls)MITHTMLPHP >=5.5.9 Since Mar 1Pushed 8y ago14 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/themsaid/katana)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/themsaid/katana)[ RSS](/packages/themsaid-katana/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelog (5)Dependencies (1)Versions (8)Used By (0) Katana static site & blog generator ======================================= [](#katana-static-site--blog-generator) [![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/950f4b04e6049e3ecea1d4e0771b45234e1f11eb638d5bb866baeb39466719e3/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f7468656d736169642f6b6174616e612e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/themsaid/katana)[![Software License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/55c0218c8f8009f06ad4ddae837ddd05301481fcf0dff8e0ed9dadda8780713e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f6c6963656e73652d4d49542d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE.txt)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/92771c1313c7d93811c0ddae3634806500ac878c439f836677cc37ea7357402f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f7468656d736169642f6b6174616e612d636f72652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/themsaid/katana-core) PHP static site & blog generator with markdown support. Using the power of laravel's Blade templating engine. [![Katana static site & blog generator](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/154fc3120568deb1bdfa72277837b347ea40bb90b876b14c343bd4aca1a6e0aa/687474703a2f2f7331342e706f7374696d672e6f72672f6131677167327a73312f6b6174616e612e6a7067)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/154fc3120568deb1bdfa72277837b347ea40bb90b876b14c343bd4aca1a6e0aa/687474703a2f2f7331342e706f7374696d672e6f72672f6131677167327a73312f6b6174616e612e6a7067) > Katana was inspired by [Jigsaw](https://github.com/tightenco/jigsaw) by [Adam Wathan](http://adamwathan.me/) and the folks at [Tighten](http://tighten.co/). Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP 5.5.9+ or newer - Apache or Nginx server - [Composer](https://getcomposer.org) Installation ------------ [](#installation) To install a fresh Katana installation you need to [install composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-linux-unix-osx) & run the following command: ``` composer create-project themsaid/katana my-new-site ``` Once the installation is done you may build your website using the command: ``` php katana build ``` Katana is shipped with sample content to help you get started immediately, and after this command runs your site will be generated in the `/public` directory. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) The complete Katana documentation can be found here: Blog generator -------------- [](#blog-generator) Katana is shipped with a static blog generator, all you need to do is create a new `.blade.php` file in the `/content/_blog` directory and Katana will compile all the posts and present them in a view of your choice. Blog posts list is paginated based on the configuration options in `config.php`. There's also a `$blogPosts` variable available in all your blade views that contains an array of posts. Blade templating engine ----------------------- [](#blade-templating-engine) Blade is a simple yet powerful templating engine built for laravel, you need to [check Blade's documentation](https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/blade) if you're not already familiar with it. Using with GitHub Pages ----------------------- [](#using-with-github-pages) You can use Katana to publish a website over GitHub Pages using subtrees, the idea is to deploy the public directory as the master branch of your user GitHub pages repository or the gh-pages branch of your project repository. You can find the full details in [the documentation](http://themsaid.github.io/katana/). Contribution ------------ [](#contribution) Contributions are welcomed in this repository where all source files exist. ### Health Score 39 — LowBetter than 86% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity38 Limited adoption so far Community22 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity63 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 89.6% 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 ~25 days Recently: every ~31 days Total 6 Last Release 3601d ago Major Versions v0.2.1 → 1.0.x-dev2016-03-17 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7d96f0f919e9a1fd887da3f75818b1aad4ae2e2b82a1040641c4d1b4d621b712?d=identicon)[themsaid](/maintainers/themsaid) --- Top Contributors [![themsaid](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4332182?v=4)](https://github.com/themsaid "themsaid (43 commits)")[![mabasic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1839930?v=4)](https://github.com/mabasic "mabasic (2 commits)")[![alibo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5338482?v=4)](https://github.com/alibo "alibo (1 commits)")[![JayBizzle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/340752?v=4)](https://github.com/JayBizzle "JayBizzle (1 commits)")[![mul14](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/113989?v=4)](https://github.com/mul14 "mul14 (1 commits)") --- Tags generatorblademarkdownstaticcmssiteflat file ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/themsaid-katana/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/themsaid-katana/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/themsaid-katana) ``` ### Alternatives [tightenco/jigsaw Simple static sites with Laravel's Blade. 2.2k438.5k29](/packages/tightenco-jigsaw)[picocms/pico Pico is a flat file CMS, this means there is no administration backend and database to deal with. 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