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Plerd

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Spec score 6.4 #124 of 125 in Blogging Platforms

Spec sheet

Purpose
Plerd is an ultralight blogging platform for Markdown fans that generates a static website from files in one folder.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Integrations
The project describes syncing workflows with Dropbox or rclone and supports IndieWeb technologies including microformats and Webmention.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Support
The maker invites bug reports, pull requests, questions, and suggestions through GitHub or direct email.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Founded
2014Read 28 Sep 2026 · github.com
Audience and scope
The maker says Plerd is designed for blogs, podcasts, or other sites presenting a single time-ordered array of posts with syndication feeds.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Customization
The generated pages use customizable templates rendered with Template Toolkit.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Hosting requirement
In its basic mode, Plerd generates static files but does not provide a web server; another server must serve the output directory.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Intended audience
The maker describes Plerd as a narrow-scope tool for blogs, podcasts, or other sites presenting a single time-ordered array of posts with syndication feeds.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Markdown
Version 2 uses GitHub Flavored Markdown and requires Perl 5.26 or later.Read 12 Oct 2026 · plerd.jmac.org
Output
Generated sites include post pages, a recent-posts front page, an archive, a tags page, and Atom and JSON Feed documents.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Project status
The maker describes Plerd as released and stable and says he has used it continuously since 2014.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Publishing
A daemon watches the source folder and updates the published files when content changes.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Publishing workflow
A daemon watches the source folder and updates the published files when content changes.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Requirements
Installation requires Perl version 5.26 or later and the cpanm program for managing Perl libraries.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Security behavior
Plerd passes HTML markup in post source files to the published output unfiltered because it is intended as a single-user platform.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Theme customization
custom codeRead 22 Sep 2026 · github.com
Web server requirement
In basic mode, Plerd generates static HTML and XML files but does not provide a web server.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

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