Excellent idea!Really cool that it respects the SSG conventions and separation of content, collections, templates, themes etc.

This could be cool but it’s hard to tell - mobile just doesn’t seem to work and I’m going to guess that’s most people’s first touchpoint with it?Will try on laptop later…

I like it. How are netlify and Github credentials stored across re-visit? Also no ftp in publishing.

Hi HN,After trying to teach a non-technical friend how to manage a Jekyll site I decided there must be a way to make building a site with a SSG easier. Options like Decap, Contentful etc. do make it a bit easier but still take lots of tech knowledge to set up.So I built Sparktype, a browser-based CMS that outputs statically-generated HTML and CSS. My goal is for it to be as easy to use as Substack or Medium, while providing all the benefits of a static site generator including openness, simplicity, speed, security and ownership.It handles most things that you&#x27;d need from a CMS, including creating pages, image resizing, menu management, tags, collections, listings etc. I&#x27;ve only made two themes so far, but I&#x27;m working on a theme store and the ability to import custom themes.Content is saved as plain Markdown + YAML frontmatter and JSON config files, so there&#x27;s no lock-in and content is easily portable to other platforms. Generated sites can be exported as a zip file to upload via FTP, committed to Github or published via Netlify API.I&#x27;m working on cross-platform client apps using Tauri which will enable more publishing options as its not limited by what can be done in a client-only environment.The way the system works means that the Web doesn&#x27;t need to be the only interface to the content - here&#x27;s a simple Go-based CLI client that bypasses the HTML altogether <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;sparktype-project&#x2F;sparktype&#x2F;tree&#x2F;main&#x2F;st-cli" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;sparktype-project&#x2F;sparktype&#x2F;tree&#x2F;main&#x2F;st-...</a>It&#x27;s very early days and there are still plenty of bugs, but I&#x27;m posting now to hopefully get feedback and see what people think. Please do let me know!

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