Bridgetown

What is Bridgetown?

Bridgetown is a Webpack-aware, Ruby-powered static site generator designed for the modern Jamstack era. It allows users to generate websites by providing text written in an author-friendly markup language like Markdown, which Bridgetown then uses layouts and templates to build a website, saving the compiled HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to an output folder. Users can customize the appearance of the pages, control the data displayed on the site, and more Bridgetown is optimized for version-controlled repositories powered by Git. Users can centrally store their repository on a service like GitHub, providing direct and secure access to the latest website content and design files for everyone working on the project, as well as the hosting provider During development, users typically run Bridgetown from the command line on their local machines or on a remote staging server. When the content is ready to publish, users commit the website codebase to the Git repository, and an automated build tool generates and uploads the final output to a server or Content Delivery Network (CDN). While Netlify is a popular service for this, there are many other options available. Alternatively, users can simply copy the generated files from the output folder to any HTTP web server, and the website should function as expected

Highlights

• Webpack-aware static site generation
• Ruby-powered platform
• Support for author-friendly markup languages like Markdown
• Customizable page layouts and templates
• Centralized version control using Git repositories
• Automated build and deployment workflows
• Flexible hosting options, including server and CDN deployments