LUAX SSG - Static Site Generator Built with Lua

Lightweight, Fast, and Simple Static Site Generator

LUAX is a static site generator built with Lua. It helps you create static websites from Markdown content with YAML frontmatter. No complex setup, no heavy dependencies, just pure Lua.

Why Lua?

Lua is a lightweight, fast, and embeddable scripting language. It's perfect for building CLI tools because:

- Fast execution - Builds your site in milliseconds

- Small footprint - No massive dependencies or package managers

- Portable - Runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS

- Simple syntax - Easy to understand and modify

- Pure Lua - No external binaries or complex toolchains needed

Features

- 📝 Markdown content with YAML frontmatter

- 🏷️ Automatic tag pages

- 📄 Pagination for blog posts

- 🎨 Custom layouts with LAX template engine

- 🔍 SEO with Open Graph, JSON-LD, and sitemap

- 📡 RSS feed for your blog

- 🖼️ Asset management with public folder

- 🚀 Blazing fast builds

Simple and Transparent

LUAX follows a simple workflow:

1. Write content in Markdown (with frontmatter)

2. LUAX parses your content and templates

3. The engine renders everything to static HTML

4. Your site is ready to deploy anywhere

src/posts/.md  →  dist/.html

src/pages/.md  →  dist/.html
public/        →  dist/

🚀 Built with ❤️ using LUAX

Download LUAX for free and start building your static site today!