Middleman is a static site generator written in Ruby. It helps developers build static websites (blogs, documentation sites, marketing pages, landing pages etc.) using templates, asset pipelines, and modern front-end tooling like Sass, JavaScript, etc. It provides development tools such as live reload preview, built-in asset management, templating engines, flexible page layout, configuration, plus optional support for integrating front-end assets via Webpack, Babel, etc.

Features

  • Templating with ERB, Haml, etc., enabling flexible markup layouts
  • Asset pipeline management (stylesheets, JS, images) including support for Sass etc
  • Live preview/development server to preview changes as you build
  • Flexible configuration via a config file; customizable directory structure
  • Ability to integrate modern front-end tools/builders (Webpack, Babel, etc.) if needed for JS and complex asset workflows
  • Generates static output (HTML, CSS, JS, assets) ready to deploy to CDNs or static hosts

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Categories

Site Management

License

MIT License

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Programming Language

Ruby

Related Categories

Ruby Site Management Software

Registered

2025-09-17