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[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. themsaid/katana-core AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) themsaid/katana-core ==================== Static site & blog generator with markdown support. v1.2.5(10y ago)382.2k11[2 issues](https://github.com/themsaid/katana-core/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/themsaid/katana-core/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9 Since Mar 1Pushed 8y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/themsaid/katana-core)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/themsaid/katana-core)[ RSS](/packages/themsaid-katana-core/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (5)Versions (21)Used By (1) 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/69d50a82372cca0aa5aba6d7d1b8b6a7301f6d706c60686e195048070e9af9f3/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f7468656d736169642f6b6174616e612e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/themsaid/katana) PHP static site & blog generator with markdown support. Using the power of laravel's Blade templating engine. > This repository contains the core code. If you want to use Katana visit [this repository](https://github.com/themsaid/katana) 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 or you can run in terminal for create the file automatically. ``` php katana post "Title of the post" ``` If you prefer create a Markdown file, add `--m` in the end of the command. 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/). ### Health Score 36 — LowBetter than 82% of packages Maintenance19 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity29 Limited adoption so far Community17 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity67 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 98.2% 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 ~2 days Total 20 Last Release 3683d ago Major Versions v0.2.7 → v1.0.02016-03-17 ### 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 (55 commits)")[![marktopper](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2232539?v=4)](https://github.com/marktopper "marktopper (1 commits)") --- Tags generatorblademarkdownstaticcmssiteflat file ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/themsaid-katana-core/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/themsaid-katana-core/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/themsaid-katana-core) ``` ### 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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