Bimbo SSG

example site here

i wanted a blog. so i tried some Static Site Generator tools and they all seemed more complicated than i needed

i liked the vibe of Zonelets, but missed some of the nice stuff you get with an SSG

what's a girl to do when she's too smart for the simple tool but too dumb for the advanced tools? she makes her own dumb tool

setup

i made and tested this with Node.js v23.3.0. i would recommend installing that version for minimal headache

1. clone this repo (or just download a zip if you can't be bothered with all this Git bs)
2. open a command line/terminal thing in the bimbo directory
3. enter npm install

usage

npm run build will generate your site and save the result in /public

npm run watch will start a local webserver that rebuilds your site everytime you make a change

disclaimer

this thing probably sucks in a bunch of ways. it's probably less performant or whatever than other things you could use. i do not care. i made this to cater to my needs and if it resonates with other ppl, that's just a nice bonus.

i do intend to add more documentation at some point, but a Project Goal is to keep that stuff very light. i want it to be reasonable for someone to pick up Bimbo quickly and easily retain most of that knowledge so you don't need to watch a video tutorial if you haven't updated your site in a year

contributing

if you're smart and think you can improve Bimbo by adding a cool new feature or streamlining workflows within it, i'm open to pull requests. just make sure you're prepared to educate me on what you did so i can continue understanding how this all fits together

credits

Bimbo's default look and feel was directly ripped from Marina Ayano Kittaka's Zonelets. you could likely drop in any Zonelets themes with Bimbo and they should Just Work.

shoutouts also to Kate Bagenzo's Strawberry Starter which might be considered a different approach to the same problem that Bimbo is trying to solve (but probably a smarter one, since it uses an established SSG as a base)