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# User Rev Content
1 yakumo_izuru 1.1 # aya
2    
3     aya is an extremely minimal static site generator written in Go.
4    
5     Named after [Aya Shameimaru](https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Aya_Shameimaru) from [Touhou 9.5: Shoot the Bullet](https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Shoot_the_Bullet)
6    
7     ## Features
8    
9     * Zero configuration (no configuration file needed)
10     * Cross-platform
11     * Highly extensible
12     * Works well for blogs and generic static websites (landing pages etc)
13     * Easy to learn (you literally don't need to)
14     * Fast (goes without saying)
15    
16     ## Installation
17    
18     Build it manually provided you have Go (>=1.17) installed:
19    
20     $ go install marisa.chaotic.ninja/aya/cmd/aya@latest (1)
21     --- or ---
22     $ git clone https://git.chaotic.ninja/yakumo_izuru/aya
23     $ cd aya
24     $ make
25     # make install
26    
27     (1) If you use this method, the `aya version` subcommand may print the wrong string,
28     but it should not be a problem unless you use it on a page.
29    
30     You can also disable certain features at build time, with the `-tags` switch.
31     Currently, these tags are available: `noamber`, `nogcss`.
32     See `go help buildconstraint` for more details.
33    
34     ## Ideology
35    
36     Keep your texts in markdown, [amber](https://github.com/eknkc/amber), or html format right in the main directory
37     of your blog/site.
38    
39     Keep all service files (extensions, layout pages, deployment scripts etc)
40     in the `.aya` subdirectory.
41    
42     Define variables in the header of the content files using [YAML](https://noyaml.com) :
43    
44     ```markdown
45     title: My web site
46     keywords: best website, hello, world
47     ---
48    
49     Markdown text goes after a header *separator*
50     ```
51    
52     Use placeholders for variables and plugins in your markdown or html
53     files, e.g. `{{ title }}` or `{{ command arg1 arg2 }}.
54    
55     Write extensions in any language you like and put them into the `.aya`
56     subdiretory.
57    
58     Everything the extensions prints to [stdout](https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fd) becomes the value of the
59     placeholder.
60    
61     Every variable from the content header will be passed via environment variables like `title` becomes `$AYA_TITLE` and so on.
62     There are some special variables:
63    
64     * `$AYA` - a path to the `aya` executable
65     * `$AYA_OUTDIR` - a path to the directory with generated files
66     * `$AYA_FILE` - a path to the currently processed markdown file
67     * `$AYA_URL` - a URL for the currently generated page
68    
69     ## Example of RSS generation
70    
71     Extensions can be written in any language you know (Bash, Python, Lua, JavaScript, Go, even Assembler). Here's an example of how to scan all markdown blog posts and create RSS items:
72    
73     ``` bash
74     #!/bin/sh
75     echo "Generating RSS feed"
76    
77     echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' > $AYA_OUTDIR/blog/rss.xml
78     echo '<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">' >> $AYA_OUTDIR/blog/rss.xml
79     echo '<channel>' >> $AYA_OUTDIR/blog/rss.xml
80     for f in ./blog/*/*.md ; do
81     d=$($AYA var $f date)
82     if [ ! -z $d ] ; then
83     timestamp=`gdate --date "$d" +%s`
84     url=`$AYA var $f url`
85     title=`$AYA var $f title | tr A-Z a-z`
86     descr=`$AYA var $f description`
87     echo $timestamp "<item><title>$title</title><link>https://technicalmarisa.chaotic.ninja/blog/$url</link><description>$descr</description><pubDate>$(gdate --date @$timestamp -R)</pubDate><guid>http://technicalmarisa.chaotic.ninja/blog/$url</guid></item>"
88     fi
89     done | sort -r -n | cut -d' ' -f2- >> $AYA_OUTDIR/blog/rss.xml
90     echo '</channel>' >> $AYA_OUTDIR/blog/rss.xml
91     echo '</rss>' >> $AYA_OUTDIR/blog/rss.xml
92     ```
93    
94     ## Hooks
95     There are two special plugin names that are executed every time the build
96     happens - `prehook` and `posthook`. You can define some global actions here like
97     content generation, or additional commands, like LESS to CSS conversion
98    
99     Note, you can also place `.gcss` files for [gcss](https://github.com/yosssi/gcss) to process instead
100    
101     ## Command line usage
102     Read `aya(1)`
103    
104     ## License
105     The software is distributed under the [MIT/X11](LICENSE) license.
106    
107     ## Sites using Aya!
108     (I know, I made the majority of them, but they still count)
109    
110     | Title | Author | Link |
111     |------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
112     | Aya (project homepage) | Izuru Yakumo | https://aya.chaotic.ninja |
113     | Chaotic Ninja | Izuru Yakumo, Mima-sama | https://chaotic.ninja |
114     | Geidontei | Izuru Yakumo | https://geidontei.chaotic.ninja |
115     | ChaoticIRC Network | Izuru Yakumo | https://im.chaotic.ninja |
116     | Kanako | Izuru Yakumo | https://kanako.chaotic.ninja |
117     | Kill-9 The Revival | Various authors | https://kill-9.chaotic.ninja |
118     | PXIMG(7) | Izuru Yakumo | https://pximg.chaotic.ninja |
119     | Shinmyoumaru | Mima-sama | https://shinmyoumaru.chaotic.ninja |
120     | Suika | Izuru Yakumo | https://suika.chaotic.ninja |
121     | TechnicalMarisa | Izuru Yakumo | https://technicalmarisa.chaotic.ninja |
122     | Tengu Space | [DeviousTengu](https://fedi.tengu.space/devious) | https://tengu.space |
123     | WindowMaker Shrine | Izuru Yakumo | https://themes.chaotic.ninja |
124    
125     ---
126    
127     Ayaya~