DANG, #BSSG is looking amazing!!

https://bssg.dragas.net/example/

I'm getting increasingly tempted to migrate from #Pelican. ;)

cc: @stefano

so, this is pretty cool: https://www.reddit.com/r/bash/comments/1amkg1n/responsive_image_gallery_in_three_lines_of_bash/

Now to try and integrate that into #BSSG so I can use it for my photography site instead of Hugo 🤔

I wonder if I could make it run that script on a dir if I use a "gallery" type tag somewhere hmmm... maybe front matter with gallery: /path/to/dir perhaps - open to suggestions, this is not my forté 😆

I was wondering whether it would be possible to create a theme for the fantastic #BSSG so that the output would be .gmi files for a #Gemini capsule.

Are there any basic obstacles which I'm not aware of at the moment?

TIA.

@stefano

Repost to celebrate the 0.40.0 release:

Launching BSSG - My Journey from Dynamic CMS to Bash Static Site Generator

Announcing the public release of BSSG, a Bash Static Site Generator born from a personal journey away from complex dynamic CMS. Discover a simple, portable alternative for your blog.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/07/launching-bssg-my-journey-from-dynamic-cms-to-bash-static-site-generator/

#BSSG #SSG #ITNotes #StaticSite #StaticSiteGenerator

Announcing BSSG 0.40.0: RAM-First Build Mode, Fediverse Integration, and Semantic HTML Overhaul

BSSG 0.40.0 is here, delivering a lightning-fast RAM build mode, native Fediverse integration, expanded CLI overrides, and new themes.

https://blog.bssg.dragas.net/2026/03/27/announcing-bssg-0-40-0-ram-mode-fediverse/

#BSSG #SSG #Bash #StaticSite #StaticSiteGenerator

The next BSSG release will be huge.
I think I won't add anything else before releasing is, as the master branch is already full of changes.

I'll wait for some more feedback then, in the coming days, I'll release it.

Highlights
* Introduced a new RAM-first build mode via BUILD_MODE="ram" and ./bssg.sh build --build-mode ram, aimed at faster full rebuilds with lower disk churn.
* Added RAM-mode stage timing output so large builds now report where time is spent.
* Overhauled the modular build pipeline across indexing, content parsing, template preloading, posts, pages, tags, authors, archives, feeds, related posts, and post-processing.
* Improved incremental rebuild behavior with better file and metadata caching, smarter dependency checks, and more selective regeneration.
* Expanded parallel execution support with stronger GNU parallel integration and shell-worker fallbacks when GNU parallel is unavailable or unsuitable.
* Improved asset pre-compression so gzip generation for text assets is incremental and parallelized.
* Extended build CLI overrides, including --build-mode, --site-title, --site-description, --site-url, --author-name, --author-email, --posts-per-page, and the global --config workflow.
* Added RAM-mode tuning knobs and precompression tuning options in configuration and documentation.
* Reworked RSS, sitemap, index, tag, archive, author, and secondary-page generation as part of the pipeline overhaul, with better rebuild logic and cleaner generator boundaries.
* Improved related-post generation and cache invalidation so related-post output tracks changes more reliably.
* Added new themes: liquid-glass, freebsd, netbsd, openbsd, field-journal, microfiche, museum-label, and mynotes.
* Improved generate_theme_previews.sh with a faster default workflow that builds once, clones the output for each theme, swaps CSS, and rewrites SITE_URL references.
* Added --full-build to generate_theme_previews.sh as a slower fallback when per-theme full builds are preferred.
* Added support for Mastodon/fediverse creator metadata on posts via <meta name="fediverse:creator" ...>.
* Added fediverse_creator frontmatter support for posts, plus site-wide FEDIVERSE_CREATOR and exact-match per-author AUTHOR_FEDIVERSE_CREATORS configuration fallbacks.
* Added site-wide fediverse profile verification links via <link rel="me" ...>.
* Added REL_ME_URL for single-link verification and REL_ME_URLS=(...) for multiple rel="me" links, with deduplication when both are used.
* Updated the bundled header template with {{fediverse_creator_meta}} and {{rel_me_link}} placeholders.
* Updated the standalone browser editor and post scaffolding to support fediverse_creator.
* Improved the README and configuration examples to document RAM mode, performance tuning, new themes, fediverse creator metadata, and rel="me" verification.

Fixes
* Fixed og:title and twitter:title so they now use the page/post title only, instead of appending the site title.
* Fixed RAM-only builds when no pages exist.
* Hardened RAM-mode helpers and metadata parsing for empty inputs and page-list edge cases.

Upgrade Instructions
1. Update your checkout to the new release and review both config.sh and your config.sh.local for newly available options.
2. Decide which build mode you want. If you want the previous disk-backed behavior, set BUILD_MODE="normal" explicitly in config.sh.local. If you want the new memory-first path, keep or set BUILD_MODE="ram".
3. If you use custom templates, update your <head> template to include {{fediverse_creator_meta}} and {{rel_me_link}} inside <head>. The bundled templates/header.html already includes both.
4. If you want fediverse post attribution, optionally set FEDIVERSE_CREATOR, AUTHOR_FEDIVERSE_CREATORS, or add fediverse_creator: in post frontmatter.
5. If you want Mastodon or other fediverse profile verification, set REL_ME_URL or REL_ME_URLS in config.sh.local.
6. If you use generate_theme_previews.sh, note that it now defaults to a faster single-build clone workflow. Use --full-build if you specifically want one full build per theme.
7. Run a clean rebuild after upgrading:./bssg.sh build --force-rebuild --clean-output true
8. Verify the generated homepage, post pages, archives, tags, authors, RSS, sitemap, and any theme previews you publish.
9. No content migration is required. Existing posts and pages continue to work unchanged, and all new metadata/configuration is optional.

#BSSG