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Orchid

Static site generator for documentation and blogs on the JVM

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This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained blogging platforms alternative.

Orchid is a powerful and extensible static site generator built on the JVM that targets project documentation, wikis, and personal blogs. It bundles plugins for changelogs, presentations, and search.

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Key features

  • Plugin-driven generation
  • Documentation themes
  • Built-in search
  • JVM ecosystem

Strengths

  • Released under the LGPL-3.0 license
  • Written in Kotlin
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM

Is Orchid secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Orchid'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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