Start with the CLI
curl -LO https://cecil.app/cecil.phar php cecil.phar new:site php cecil.phar serve
- Fast & secure
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No database, no server-side code: static files are fast to serve and have a minimal attack surface.
- Files only
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Your content is stored in flat Markdown files with front matter.
- Multiple generators
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Pagination, taxonomies, sitemap, RSS feeds, robots.txt and redirects are generated automatically.
- Image optimization
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Responsive images are generated automatically, converted to WebP and AVIF and compressed to reduce load time.
- Multilingual
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Multilingual capabilities with content localization and template translation.
- SEO-friendly
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SEO helpers generate meta tags, Open Graph, structured data and more.
- No installation
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Download a single file and run it with PHP.
- Easy to deploy
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Create and deploy a website in minutes, on Netlify, Vercel, statichost and more.
- Open source
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Cecil is licensed under EUPL-1.2: contribute to its development on GitHub.
