Ultra Simple Site Maker

USSM is a static web site compiler. It generates a complete web site from a hierarchy of text files. It is released under the GNU GPL.

If you know how to use a web server, (at home or with a hosting service), you should be able to learn my system and set up a simple web site in a few minutes. Just download it, install it, and check the manual.

Many web site generators already exist. Jekyll is a rather famous example. I built my own because I felt I could do simpler. The result is indeed very simple:

USSM fits in less than 800 lines of Ocaml, Bash, and Makefile code.

It has trivial configuration options.

What it does is usually obvious.

Nevertheless, USSM still has some loose ends. I'm aware of some, and I'm sure I missed others. So, if it causes you any problem, please send me an e-mail. If you have any question, any suggestion (even silly ones), you are probably not alone. So please ask. It will help me improve USSM.

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