Product Information
What is Pelican?
A static site generator that supports reStructuredText, Markdown, and AsciiDoc formats.
Features:
- Articles (e.g., blog posts) and pages (e.g., "About," "Projects," "Contact")
- Multilingual article support
- Theme support (Jinja2 templates)
- Plugin support via a separate shared repository
- Atom/RSS feeds
- Import from WordPress, Dotclear, or RSS feeds
- Integrations: Disqus, Twitter, Google Analytics, etc.
- Fast rebuilds through content caching and selective output writing
How to use Pelican?
Pelican is a static website generator written in Python that does not require a database or server-side logic, converting content in formats like reStructuredText, Markdown, and AsciiDoc into static websites.
Core Functions of Pelican
Support Themes
User-friendly
Markdown Support
Self-deployment
Static Site Generator
Mobile-friendly
Usage Scenarios of Pelican
- Create personal blog posts
- Make static pages like 'About Us,' 'Projects,' or 'Contact'
- Import and convert existing WordPress, Dotclear, or RSS blog content into a static website
- Build websites without databases or server-side logic
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