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Why Sarde

Sarde provides the common parts of a content site without requiring a frontend toolchain.

Working defaults

New sites include a theme, navigation, search, and production build settings.

Terminal window
sarde init my-site
cd my-site
sarde dev

Configuration changes the defaults instead of creating the site from scratch.

File-based structure

The structure inside content/ controls collections, sections, and URLs. Pages remain ordinary Markdown files that work well with Git and any text editor.

Portable output

sarde build creates static files with no server-side runtime. The same output can move between static hosts.

Tradeoffs

Sarde favors conventions over application-level control. Use an application framework for server rendering or custom runtime behavior, and use a content management system for browser-based editing and publishing workflows.