Nift

Nift is a command-line website generator designed for Linux environments that manages project dependencies and tracks changes across files. Created by Nick Ham under the MIT license, it processes source files to build static web pages efficiently. The tool focuses on tracking relationships between different components of a project, ensuring that only modified parts are recompiled during builds. This dependency-aware approach reduces processing time for large directories of web content. Users interact with the software through terminal commands to initialize projects, add content pages, and manage output directories.

The application relies on specific configuration files to define site structure and generation rules. It operates entirely locally on Linux systems without requiring external cloud services for basic compilation tasks. Developers use it to automate the assembly of blogs, documentation sites, and personal web pages from plain text or markup sources. The software handles file tracking through internal algorithms rather than standard version control systems, though it integrates into existing development workflows alongside standard tools.