mdwiki 0.3.3

Zero-config static site builder for markdown blogs

mdwiki

mdwiki is a small static site builder that turns a directory tree of markdown files into a blog-ready HTML site.

It keeps the authoring model simple:

• directories become URL segments
• each markdown file becomes one HTML page
• local images referenced from markdown are copied into the output site
• index pages and tag pages are generated automatically

Install

Use uv:

uv tool install mdwiki

Or install from source:

uv sync
uv run mdwiki_exec ./example-posts ./dist

CLI

Build a site from a markdown source tree:

mdwiki_exec <source_dir> <dist_dir>

Show the built-in help or version:

mdwiki_exec --help
mdwiki_exec --version

Example:

mdwiki_exec ./post ./dist

source_dir usually contains:

• markdown posts under dated folders such as post/2024/04/03/demo.md
• optional local images next to each markdown file
• optional CNAME

GitHub Pages workflow

The recommended deployment model is:

1. Keep markdown source in your repository.
2. Build the site in GitHub Actions.
3. Upload the generated dist/ directory as a Pages artifact.
4. Deploy with actions/deploy-pages.

Example workflow:

name: Build and Deploy Pages

on:
  push:
    branches: ["master"]
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  contents: read
  pages: write
  id-token: write

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.11"
      - uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
      - name: Install mdwiki
        run: pip install mdwiki
      - name: Build site
        run: mdwiki_exec ./post ./dist
      - uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
        with:
          path: ./dist

  deploy:
    needs: build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment:
      name: github-pages
    steps:
      - id: deployment
        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

Develop with uv

uv sync
uv run mdwiki_exec ./post ./dist
uv build

Publish to PyPI:

git tag -a v0.3.3 -m "Release v0.3.3"
git push origin master v0.3.3

Pushing a new v* tag triggers the bundled GitHub Actions release workflow, which builds the package with uv and publishes it to PyPI.

Notes

• CNAME is optional.
• The bundled default theme is stored under mdwiki/templates/default.
• mdwiki_exec is the supported public CLI entrypoint.