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Cobalt

Static site generator written in Rust

Blogging Platforms ★ 1.5k stars Easy setup MIT

Cobalt is a static site generator written in Rust that builds blogs and websites from Markdown and Liquid templates. It produces fast, self-contained static output and ships as a single binary.

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Key features

  • Single-binary tool
  • Liquid templating
  • Markdown content
  • Fast builds

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (1.5k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Rust

Is Cobalt secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Cobalt's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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