Podlite Web

static site generator powered by Podlite markup

Quick Start

yarn && yarn dev

Open http://localhost:3000 — demo site from pub directory.

Using Docker

docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}:/app/pub -p 3000:3000 podlite/podlite-web dev

Edit index.pod6 and the page reloads automatically.

Export to static site

docker run --rm -v ${PWD}:/app/pub podlite/podlite-web export-zip > site.zip

Screenshots

Features

• static website generation with Next.js and Podlite markup
• live reload on file save
• embedded Podlite editor with live preview
• =Mermaid diagrams, =picture images/video, =toc table of contents
• =markdown blocks for familiar Markdown syntax
• Docker support for zero-config setup
• export to zipped static site

Examples

# minimal site
POSTS_PATH='examples/01-minimal' yarn dev

# multi-page with links
POSTS_PATH='examples/02-pages' yarn dev

# blog with notes and React components
POSTS_PATH='examples/03-blog' yarn dev

Advanced Configuration

• custom domain: SITE_URL=https://example.com
• timezone: TZ=Europe/London
• custom content path: POSTS_PATH='path/to/content'

cd examples/01-minimal
docker run --rm -v ${PWD}:/app/pub -p 3000:3000 \
  -e 'SITE_URL=https://example.com' \
  -e 'TZ=Europe/London' \
  podlite/podlite-web export-zip > site.zip

Themes

A theme bundles header-image styling and layout defaults. Select one with the :theme<> attribute on =begin pod:

=begin pod
= :theme<portrait-avatar>
= :puburl<https://example.com>

=TITLE My Blog
=end pod

The themes live in src/styles/themes/:

• portrait-avatar — round, grayscale header image; for sites with an author photo
• product — for emblem or logo headers; sets #header img { max-width: 51% }
• docs — placeholder for documentation sites
• minimal — no overrides; the default look

Theme styles load first, then :globalStyles<> (if set) overrides them.

@import "@Styles/themes/<name>.css" from page.styles.css keeps working; :theme<> is the same effect declared on the pod.

Develop

# install dependencies
yarn

# run dev server
yarn dev

# export to zip
yarn export-zip > file.zip

Links

Author

Copyright (c) 2022–2026 Alexandr Zahatski

License

Released under a MIT License.