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Matt
Matt

Reputation: 9433

Can I run a Jekyll website without a web server?

As per the title, can I run a Jekyll website from the file system, without a web server? i.e. on the file:/// URL scheme.

I don't have the facility right now to build a test site to check. To my knowledge, it's basically a question of how Jekyll builds the links between the pages.

For context, my intended use case is developing a mobile app that will run web pages in a native wrapper. I've used phonegap in the past but this is something a little different, simpler. What I'm interested in is the ability to generate the pages using markdown.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 764

Answers (1)

imjared
imjared

Reputation: 20554

Yes. Assuming you have Ruby installed (if you're on a Mac, it comes default) you can build a Jekyll project and it just spits out flat HTML files. You'd be fine working on the file:// protocol or setting up a virtual host and using http://.

Up to you!

Upvotes: 3

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