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Configured project
Start with a complete foundation.
Use themes, plugins, collections, redirects, data files, and project-wide settings from day one.
content/index.md
content/.steno/config.yml
Scan
Parse
Tau
Stage
Publish
---
title: Hello, Steno
layout: layout
---
# A faster way to publish
Write Markdown. Ship a website.$ deno task build
✓ Ready to build 1 page
dist/
index.html
atomic output
As you wish.
Optional
Zero-config mode
Turn one Markdown file into a site.
Perfect for a single page, a small experiment, or any project that does not need explicit settings yet.
Cold build
102ms
1,000 Markdown pages
Apple M5, Deno 2.9.4. Results vary by machine.
Predictable.
Steno protects the site you already shipped while containing extension failures during the next build.
Transactional output
Pages, assets, redirects, and plugin output are completed in staging before the final site is replaced.
dist/
index.html
assets/site.css
Current site
→Ready
.dist.staging/
index.html
assets/site.css
New build
Choose an outcome to inspect the transaction.
Isolated plugins
Run selected plugins in separate Deno processes with every runtime capability denied until explicitly granted.
Select permissions, then run the simulated plugin request.
Meet...
Markup that looks like the page it creates.
Layouts & components
Give every page a home. Reuse the parts that belong together.
<Header /> · <Footer />
Content, connected.
Bring collections, conditions, and data into your templates.
{#each posts as post}
Small syntax. Thoughtful defaults.
Compiled templates with filters and contextual escaping built in.
{title | upper}
layouts/article.tau
Editable
Rendered output
Live
...and plugins.
And much more.
Look over all other features Steno offers.
Zero-config mode
Build a Markdown file or directory without creating a configuration file first.
Configured projects
Control themes, plugins, collections, redirects, output, and project-wide metadata.
Local or remote themes
Use a local directory or resolve versioned themes from JSR, npm, and HTTPS sources.
Persistent build cache
Reuse validated build state across processes for warm and incremental compilation.
Content collections
Filter, sort, limit, and validate groups of pages for blogs, indexes, and archives.
YAML or TOML
Choose either configuration format and use YAML or TOML frontmatter in content.
Markdown includes
Compose reusable content safely with root confinement and circular-include detection.
Data and environment
Load project data files and expose explicitly public environment values to templates.
Managed head tags
Define links, metadata, and scripts without manually rebuilding the document head.
Static redirects
Generate redirect pages with the same collision checks used for pages and assets.
Live development
Rebuild changed content and refresh the browser through the included development server.
Bounded rendering
Keep Tau compilation predictable with explicit cache, nesting, and output limits.
Convince yourself.
Maybe you are still not convinced. Try Steno yourself and see how it works.