# Jekyll

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By Tom Preston-Werner, Nick Quaranto, and many awesome contributors!

Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory (representing the raw form of a website), runs it through Textile or Markdown and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, static website suitable for serving with Apache or your favorite web server. This is also the engine behind [GitHub Pages](http://pages.github.com), which you can use to host your project's page or blog right here from GitHub.

## Getting Started

* [Install](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/) the gem
* Read up about its [Usage](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/usage/) and [Configuration](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/configuration/)
* Take a gander at some existing [Sites](http://wiki.github.com/mojombo/jekyll/sites)
* Fork and [Contribute](https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) your own modifications
* Have questions? Post them on the [Mailing List](http://groups.google.com/group/jekyll-rb)

## Diving In

* [Migrate](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/migrations/) from your previous system
* Learn how the [YAML Front Matter](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/) works
* Put information on your site with [Variables](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/variables/)
* Customize the [Permalinks](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/permalinks/) your posts are generated with
* Use the built-in [Liquid Extensions](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/templates/) to make your life easier
* Use custom [Plugins](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/plugins/) to generate content specific to your site

## Runtime Dependencies

* Classifier: Generating related posts (Ruby)
* Directory Watcher: Auto-regeneration of sites (Ruby)
* Kramdown: Markdown-superset converter (Ruby)
* Liquid: Templating system (Ruby)
* Maruku: Default markdown engine (Ruby)

## Developer Dependencies

* RDiscount: Discount Markdown Processor (Ruby)
* RedCloth: Textile support (Ruby)
* RedGreen: Nicer test output (Ruby)
* RR: Mocking (Ruby)
* Shoulda: Test framework (Ruby)

## License

See [LICENSE](https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/blob/master/LICENSE).