Jules is a static blog generator named after a victorian-ish era literary or intellectual character, because that’s a trendy thing to do.
The design is flexible and plugin-oriented. Much of the built-in functionality is available through a set of plugins, which creates an architecture very prone to adaptation and customization. One of the major goals (though not yet reached) is template impartiality.
Today, Jules is a very capable little static website generator you may find useful for your personal, project, or organization site.
Jules is maintained by Calvin Spealman (AKA @ironfroggy)
You can install Jules easily with
pip install jules
Which will install the latest version from PyPI.
Jules one or more input directories (called packs), combines groups of files (bundles) which share their base name. For example, “projects.j2” as a template and “projects.yaml” as data, may be one bundle. These, after processing and allowing plugins a chance to extend Jules’ abilities, are rendered into yhour final site.
An example layout:
| Packs | Bundles | Files |
|---|---|---|
| HTML5 Boiler Pack | base js/jquery.min | base.j2 lib/jquery.min.js |
| LESS CSS Pack | js/less.min | js/less.min.js |
| Blog Starter | index | index.j2 |
| Your site pack | index.yaml | |
| site_base | site_base.j2 |
which might render into the a site like:
/
├── index.html
└── js/
├── jquery.min.js
└── less.min.js
Get started making sites easily today.