Punch

A fast and simple web site builder

Blazing fast to build
- compare with benchmark https://github.com/zachleat/bench-framework-markdown
Optimized, low bandwith sites
Static-site generation
Single binary CLI to run
Zero config (sensible defaults)
Built-in support for Tailwind
Built-in support for TypeScript, JS imports
Automatic asset minification and fingerprinting
Easy RSS feed generation
Serve multiple websites with different domains (with SSL)
On-demand Rendering on server-side
Content API (works as a headless CMS for client-side rendering)
Website contents can be stored in different formats and sources (JSON, Markdown, CSV, or external sources like Notion)
Extendable using plugins
SQLite DB of contents available for direct access during build and runtime
Compliant with Web Vitals recommendations https://web.dev/articles/vitals
Automatic sitemap generation
Host it anywhere Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages, S3, or VPS

Future releases:

Single command publish to punch.host
Image optimizations
Font optimizations
Opengraph images with Resvg
Speculative Loading API
Full-text search
Migrate Jekyll, 11ty, Astro, and Hugo sites
Easy A/B testing
Support for i18n (multi-language sites)
Immutable builds
- serve can choose which build to use
- build refs are stored in DB

-- TODO

punch new - create a new site (support --template)
punch dev - runs the site in dev mode (auto-reload on changes to data/, public/ or fragments/)
punch build - generates a static site suitable for hosting
punch serve - serves the static site in production mode with on-demand rendering and HTTP API (suitable for self-hosting)
punch publish - publish to punch.site
punch import - Imports any existing website and converts it to a Punch site