Cobalt SSG

Cobalt SSG is an open-source publisher whose entire catalog is built around a single, self-named static site generator written in Rust. The tool converts folders of Markdown templates, Sass stylesheets, YAML front-matter, and Liquid short-codes into a fully linked set of HTML pages that can be served from any CDN, GitHub Pages bucket, or vanilla nginx host. Typical use cases include personal blogs, project documentation sites, portfolio pages, and lightweight marketing micro-sites that need to be version-controlled in Git and deployed without server-side logic. Because the executable compiles to a native binary, builds are fast and reproducible across Windows, macOS, and Linux CI pipelines; users can watch the source directory for changes and preview the site locally through the built-in development server. Themes, pagination, RSS feeds, syntax highlighting, and multilingual routing are handled through configuration files rather than plug-ins, keeping the core small and auditable. Cobalt’s asset pipeline can fingerprint and minify CSS, JavaScript, and images, while the template engine supports includes, layouts, and custom filters for generating sitemaps or JSON indices. The resulting output is strictly static, eliminating runtime security patches and hosting costs, yet it can still be paired with client-side search or a headless CMS when dynamic features are required. Cobalt SSG is available free of charge on get.nero.com, where the latest Windows build is delivered through the winget repository, installs silently, and can be pulled in bulk alongside other command-line utilities.