ssss a.k.a Super Simple Static Site

This site is built with ssss also known as The Super Simple Static Site. A site generator I wrote.

I'm have been planing to eat my own dog food for a while now and today is the day. The reason I'm eating my own dog food is to experience the app firsthand. Since it's a side project, it actually needs to burn a little for me to give it priority :)

Why dog food matters

If I don't use ssss, I won't know what's broken, what's awkward, or what's missing. Running this blog on ssss means I run into every issue before you do. The RSS feed, the sitemap, the blog template itself. All of it came from scratching my own itch.

The deal is simple: if this site works, ssss works. I feel the burn myself before anyone else does.

What the hell is ssss?

ssss is a simple static site generator that takes Markdown files (along with their metadata) and Jinja2 templates, turning them into flat HTML. No databases, no endless build steps, no JS frameworks. Just fast content.

I created ssss after trying out other generators and it just took too much effort just to get started. I also really wanted to easily mix Markdown frontmatter with Jinja templates without jumping through hoops.

Its main drawback is that it's built in Python, but using uv makes getting started a breeze. I should probably release binaries for it too.

Try it yourself

uvx ssss --scaffold

That's it. One command and you have a working site. It's on PyPI and the source is on GitHub.