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Ask HN: Tool(s) to render Git repository as static website

3 points by mvdwoord 9y ago

So this is hard to google, as almost everything points to hosting static websites on GitHub etc.. I am looking for a tool that can generate a static website from a git repository. E.g. generate a set of html files with some markup so I can present the contents of a git repository similar to the way GitHub/GitLab but as a static website for self-hosting. Nice to have all branches etc in there, but would already be nice to just have a single branch.. The goal would be to have a stand alone / static site for archival / offline use / inclusion in other static site (self-hosted). Being able to browse the code and download a zip file would be minimum. Viewing commits and perhaps generated diffs between certain commits would be a bonus. Only thing I could find was stuff that converts just the wiki part of a GitHub repo. I am really looking for something that takes a .git repo and spits out some static website. Perhaps as a plugin for Jekyll/Hugo / ?? but stand alone would be just as good. Thx.

mvdwoord 9y ago
Finally found a magic word that gets me somewhere in the search engines... git2html. [Hypercubed/git2html](https://github.com/Hypercubed/git2html https://github.com/Hypercubed/git2html) is the first hit. reading as we speak. Any alternatives / experience greatly appreciated though. Can't find anything else really, and most discussions are years old. Anyone?
- billconan 9y ago
  you can try doxygen. It generates class list and file list.
vaibhavsagar 9y ago
Somebody posted [Stagit](https://git.codemadness.org/stagit/ https://git.codemadness.org/stagit/) to HN a while ago, which seems to fit your description.
- mvdwoord 9y ago
  Perfect!! Thanks, I will check it out.
williamdclt 9y ago
Git comes with a `git instaweb` command, that allows to visualize a repo. Which seems... completely broken. The web server does launch at localhost:1234, but accessing this URL shows a HTTP 500 error on my two machines, whatever the repo (even on the git repo itself).
- mvdwoord 9y ago
  Haha, That is awesome! Seems the git learning curve never ends. Alas, it is a cgi file which dynamically generates the pages over lighttpd. Good to know though!!

3 points by mvdwoord 9y ago

mvdwoord 9y ago

Finally found a magic word that gets me somewhere in the search engines... git2html. [Hypercubed/git2html](https://github.com/Hypercubed/git2html https://github.com/Hypercubed/git2html) is the first hit. reading as we speak. Any alternatives / experience greatly appreciated though. Can't find anything else really, and most discussions are years old. Anyone?

billconan 9y ago
you can try doxygen. It generates class list and file list.

vaibhavsagar 9y ago

Somebody posted [Stagit](https://git.codemadness.org/stagit/ https://git.codemadness.org/stagit/) to HN a while ago, which seems to fit your description.

mvdwoord 9y ago
Perfect!! Thanks, I will check it out.

williamdclt 9y ago

Git comes with a `git instaweb` command, that allows to visualize a repo. Which seems... completely broken. The web server does launch at localhost:1234, but accessing this URL shows a HTTP 500 error on my two machines, whatever the repo (even on the git repo itself).

mvdwoord 9y ago
Haha, That is awesome! Seems the git learning curve never ends. Alas, it is a cgi file which dynamically generates the pages over lighttpd. Good to know though!!