After months of development, Rift v0.1 is here — a developer-centric static site generator that gives you complete control without the guesswork.

Unlike other SSGs that rely on opinionated conventions, complex file-based routing, or hidden magic, Rift is intentionally explicit. It’s built for developers who want to generate pages with full knowledge of how and why each one exists.

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✨ Why Rift?

Most SSGs fall into one of two camps:

• Too simple — good for blogs, but limited when scaling to apps or complex sites.
• Too abstract — powered by plugins and conventions that feel like black boxes.

Rift is different. It gives you:

• Explicit controller files that determine routing
• Real data objects, not fake slugs or placeholders
• Clean permalink logic, without string hacks
• Reusable templates via Nunjucks, or anything you plug in
• A strong foundation for dynamic SSR later, without changing your code

You define the data. You define the pages. You define the output.

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🚀 What’s in v0.1?

The first public release includes:

• ✅ Controller-based routing (params() + permalink())
• ✅ Built-in collection API with localization support
• ✅ Pagination helper for blog indexes, categories, etc.
• ✅ Nunjucks templating engine with layouts, includes, and filters
• ✅ Fully static output to dist/
• ✅ CLI scaffold: npm create rift@latest

Plus:

• Dark theme default styling
• Developer-focused IDE-style page documentation
• Real error handling (404, missing routes)

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🛣️ What’s Next?

We're just getting started. Coming next in future versions:

• ✅ Page resolution at runtime (SSR-ready structure)
• ✅ Component syntax for reusable blocks
• ✅ Plugin API for data sources, image pipelines, and more
• ✅ Dev server with hot reload and live error preview

If you're tired of guessing what your SSG is doing — and just want to ship — Rift is built for you.

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💬 Feedback? Ideas?

We want to hear from early adopters. Join the community, open issues, or suggest features on GitHub.

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🧪 Try It Now

You can scaffold a Rift site instantly with:

npm create rift@latest

Whether you're building a blog, a docs site, or something more complex, Rift is your canvas — not your cage.