Gen

Compositor JSX static site generator

npm i @compositor/gen -g

• Build static sites with Lab components and Iso JSX files
• Exports static HTML and inlined CSS
• Handles multiple routes
• Export CSS using styled-components, glamorous, and more
• Use Lab components and themes in markdown
• Pass props data via front-matter

Usage

Export a static site:

gen . --out-dir dist

Run in development mode:

gen . --dev

How it works

Given a folder structure like the following:

dist/
src/
  about.jsx
  index.jsx
  lab.json
  theme.json

Running gen src --out-dir dist will create HTML files:

dist/
  about/
    index.html
  index.html

Files

Gen will load theme.json and lab.json files in the target directory and import Lab components. Any files ending with .jsx or .md will be used to create pages. Markdown and JSX files can include front-matter for setting page-level attributes, such as title and description, and also be passed to the page component as props.

Example JSX file

---
title: Hello World
description: This is a demo page
---
<Box px={3} py={4}>
  <Heading>{props.title}</Heading>
</Box>
<CustomLabComponent
  description={props.description}
/>

Front Matter Options

All front matter is passed to the JSX file as a props object. Additionally, page-level metadata can be set using the following properties:

• title page title
• description page description
• og object of open graph data
• twitter object of Twitter card data
• stylesheets array of stylesheet URLs to add as links in the head
• scripts array of JavaScript strings to include before the closing body tag

Layouts

When rendering markdown files, Gen will look for a layout property in front-matter. If a JSX file with the same name is found, it will be used as a page layout component, passing the rendered markdown content as children.

Example markdown file

---
title: About
layout: default-layout
---

# About

Example JSX layout file

---
---
<SiteHeader />
<Box px={3} py={4}>
  {props.children}
</Box>
<SiteFooter />

CLI options

• --out-dir, -d: output directory
• --dev, -D: run as development server
• --open, -o: open development server in default browser
• --port, -p: set port for development server

Made by Compositor | MIT License