Franklin.jl

Spec sheet

Product

Franklin is a customizable static site generator written in Julia, oriented toward technical blogging and light, fast-loading pages.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Intended users

The FAQ says Franklin may suit people creating technical blogs with math and code blocks, and may not suit blogs mostly containing text and pictures.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Deployment

Generated site files can be deployed to an existing web server, through GitHub or GitLab, or on services such as Netlify.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · franklinjl.org

Integrations

The project describes straightforward integration with Literate.jl.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Support

The repository recommends the #franklin channel on Julia Slack for usage questions.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The official GitHub repository says Franklin is MIT licensed.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maker

The official site credits Thibaut Lienart.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Charts

The docs include instructions for working with Plotly.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Comments

The docs provide instructions for adding Utterances comments to a site.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Content

It uses Markdown with extensions for LaTeX-like commands and user-defined div blocks.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Content sources

markdownRead 20 Sep 2026 · franklinjl.org

Intended audience

The maintainer says Franklin may suit people building technical blogs with mathematics and code, and may not suit blogs mostly about text and pictures.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Local preview server

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · franklinjl.org

Markdown

It extends Markdown with LaTeX-like commands and user-defined div blocks.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Math and code

It supports KaTeX-rendered math, highlighted code, and live evaluation of Julia code blocks.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Optimization

Its optimize function can pre-render math and highlighted code and minify generated HTML and CSS; the docs note that minification can break a site.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Optional dependencies

Optional optimization uses Python 3 for minification and Node.js for pre-rendering KaTeX and highlighted code; these extras can be skipped.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Preview

The serve() function starts a local server that live-renders edits for browser preview.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Publishing

The docs describe deployment to an existing web server, GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, and Netlify.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Requirements

Installation instructions require Julia 1.3 or later; optional compression and pre-rendering use Python 3 and Node.js.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

RSS and sitemap

Franklin can generate RSS feeds, sitemaps, and robots.txt files, with settings to configure or disable each.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Supported languages

JuliaRead 20 Sep 2026 · franklinjl.org

Templates

The newsite function can create a website from a template, and the documentation says templates are starting points that may need adjustments.Read 9 Oct 2026 · franklinjl.org

Where Specifiction places it

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