# Leven
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Leven is a lightweight Markdown-based static site generator for blogs. It's a lot like Jekyll or Hugo, but it's much simpler, much faster, and made specifically for blogs.
> ### static site generator
>
> /ˈstatɪk sʌɪt ˈdʒɛnəreɪtə/
>
> takes in your blog posts and converts them into a standalone HTML website that you can upload to GitHub Pages or Neocities or just about anywhere else.
## Installing
[Download Leven](https://github.com/quadrupleslap/leven/releases) and put it somewhere in your <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PATH_(variable)">`PATH`</a>. Alternatively, if you have [Rust](https://rust-lang.org), then you can run `cargo install leven`.
## Getting Started
Just start your blog! There's a sample post with more instructions if you need them.
```sh
leven new my-amazing-blog
```
## Feature Requests / Bug Reports
Even if you're uncertain, opening an issue would really help us make this project better!