Status: In Beta | Type: Windows Desktop Tool | Year: 2020 | Techs: .NET/WPF/C#
CoolStatGen is a Static Site Generator (SSG) software to generate and manage websites easily using just text editing skills. It works by creating a static html website from a set of content stored in Markdown format text files using predefined website templates.
Compared to dynamic server generated websites, static sites has many advantages: they load faster and are very secure as they do not have anything that executes as code. They are easier to maintain than manually coding each pages, as the html template can be changed anytime without affecting the content. However, they are limited in terms of interactivity like commenting and login features, but that can be added with other third party tools.
[ E:file.csv]
Example file content:
No, Item, Total
1,Item-1,100
2,Item-2,200
3,Item-3,300
Home page showing selected website with its menu structure and pages and editable page content in Markdown syntax:
Settings page showing configurable items:
Home page of the generated website with feature card option:
A website page showing markdown output:
Home page with site map option:
The same website with a different template:
After downloading, unzip the file and double click the exe to launch it on a Windows computer.
As of now, this does not require a license key as it is still in Beta stage and can have unexpected errors.