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Growth · February 23, 2013

Hammer is a web development tool for designers and developers

Hammer for Mac — a native macOS app for building production-ready static sites with HTML includes, templates, content collections, live reload, and CSS processing. No frameworks. No compromise.

Hammer is a web development tool for designers and developers launched on February 23, 2013 with 5 votes, #150 of 551 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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What it does

Same build engine that powers the Mac app. Purpose-built for scripts, CI pipelines, and AI agents. Structured output for every operation. Parse it, pipe it, automate it. Headless compilation. Same engine, same output as the GUI. Deterministic builds every time. Validate content against governance rules before anything ships. Required fields, slug format, relations—all verified. Inspect any project programmatically. Feed structure data to AI agents, build scripts, or monitoring dashboards. Pre-flight checks before any build. Verify environment, project config, and dependencies in one command. The CLI is the bridge between content creation and production. Same input, same output. Every time.…from hammerformac.com

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