Mantis: Static Site Generator

What is Mantis?

Mantis is a simple static site generator powered by Node.js. It generates pages with EJS that can be either Markdown, HTML or EJS themselves.

Output example with default template

Gettings Started

To install mantis globally run:

npm i -g mantis-ssg

or run the cli directly with:

npx mantis <command>

How to create a site

To create a new site, open the folder to start your project and run:

mantis init

To build such site, run:

mantis build

If you wish to open a live server and edit the site confortably, run:

mantis serve

The just created project will have the next folder structure:

\site
  \assets
  \layout
  \pages
  \partials
site.config.js

The site.config.js should be as follows:

export default {
  srcPath: './site',
  destPath: './build',
  site: 'Mantis SSG',
}

Commands

  Initialize a new site:

    mantis init

  Build site:

    mantis build

  Serve site:

    mantis build


  Options

     -p, --port <port-number>        Port to use for local server (default: 3000)
     -h, --help                      Display this help text
     -v, --version                   Display Mantis version

Docs

Visit full documentation for more precise information.