Cecil

Fast & secure: No database, no server-side code: static files are fast to serve and have a minimal attack surface.

Files only: Your content is stored in flat Markdown files with front matter.

Customizable: Powered by Twig, a flexible template engine, with themes support.

Multiple generators: Pagination, taxonomies, sitemap, RSS feeds, robots.txt and redirects are generated automatically.

Image optimization: Responsive images are generated automatically, converted to WebP and AVIF and compressed to reduce load time.

Multilingual: Multilingual capabilities with content localization and template translation.

SEO-friendly: SEO helpers generate meta tags, Open Graph, structured data and more.

No installation: Download a single file and run it with PHP.

Easy to deploy: Create and deploy a website in minutes, on Netlify, Vercel, statichost and more.

Open source: Cecil is licensed under EUPL-1.2: contribute to its development on GitHub.

Start with the CLI

/Users/aligny

curl -LO https://cecil.app/cecil.phar
php cecil.phar new:site
php cecil.phar serve

Quick Start

Cecil Desktop, the desktop app for Cecil

An important step for Cecil users: manage, write, build, preview and publish your sites from a native desktop app, without the terminal. Cecil is embedded: no PHP and no command line to install.

Markdown editor with live preview and front matter form

Builds, diagnostics and problems grouped in one window

Publishing to Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages and AWS S3

Writing mode, to hand a site to people who write its content

The app is in beta testing: try it on your sites and send us your feedback.

A simple and powerful content-driven static site generator

Cecil Desktop, the desktop app for Cecil

Intuitive writing experience

Flexible templating

Automatic responsive images

SEO made easy

Ready-to-use starter kits