Life & fun · February 16, 2016
Urubu – A micro CMS for static websites
Urubu – A micro CMS for static websites launched on February 16, 2016 with 80 votes, #640 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
Urubu is a micro CMS for creating static websites organized by logical content relationships rather than publication dates. It supports flexible navigation features including navbars, table of contents sidebars, breadcrumbs, and pagers. Content is written in Markdown with wiki-style linking, while page layouts are defined using Jinja2 templates with per-page customization options. The tool integrates with Bootstrap for styling and is built on Python, offering Python hooks for extensibility.
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From the sources
Set up a website as logically related content. Content ordering is flexible , not just by date. Easily set up a navbar, a table of contents sidebar, breadcrumbs and pagers. Urubu plays well with Bootstrap , the popular framework for great looking websites. Enter content in light-weight Markdown syntax, with popular extensions. Easily refer to other pages like in wikis , using Markdown syntax. Use the powerful Jinja2 templating library to define page layouts. Per-page control of page layout and other stuff. Plus user-defined variables . Urubu is built with Python. It provides Python hooks to assist in templating. Use a git workflow to develop your website. Deploy byfrom urubu.jandecaluwe.com
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