Chowdown
Static-site recipe collection built on Jekyll
Chowdown is a simple, open-source recipe site generator built on Jekyll. Recipes are stored as plain-text Markdown files and rendered into a clean static website.
Key features
- Markdown-based recipes
- Static site output
- No database required
- Simple and minimal design
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Extremely lightweight
- Easy to host anywhere
Trade-offs
- No interactive features
- Manual recipe entry
Chowdown replaces
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