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Life & fun · January 22, 2014

Gugodoc, my static web generator (for what it's worth )

Gugodoc, my static web generator (for what it's worth ) launched on January 22, 2014 with 20 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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In plain words

Gugodoc is a static website generator that converts markdown files directly into web documentation while preserving their original folder structure and naming. Designed for users who want a straightforward approach without complex configuration, it reads markdown files from an input directory and outputs a complete website. The tool supports UTF-8 encoding for international characters and uses alphabetic ordering with optional prefixes to control navigation structure.

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From the sources

I know there's a lot of static generators on the web so you can ask why another one ? I don't want that. I only want my markdown files to be exactly like on my harddisk and build a website or documentation from them. That's why I created Gugodoc. gugodoc ./in ./out File Encoding I'm french so I often use accents, this is why I decided to use only UTF8 files. Please encode all your markdown files with UTF-8 without BOM . GugoDoc uses the alphabetic order to build its navigation page. So a simple method to reorder your pages is to use prefixes. For example if you want to have If you need even more control, Gugodoc also uses one template file. Each directory (even your root folder) is linked…from gugodoc.free.fr

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