The Whisper Engine Source Code Is Available

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DeadSwitch delivers. Again.
The Whisper Engine is now open-source.
Explore and audit the code on GitHub.

Current version: 0.0.8 – under heavy development.
This is not just another static site generator.
Whisper Engine is for those who demand simplicity, privacy, and control from inside Emacs.

It's not an abandoned concept. DeadSwitch runs on it.

Features

  • Paginated index page
  • Configurable number of articles per page
  • Automated HTML directory cleanup (with safe zones)
  • Articles sorted by date (newest first)
  • Teaser + thumbnail support
  • Customizable CSS & HTML
  • Zero JavaScript, zero telemetry – pure signal
  • Fully self-contained, auditable Emacs Lisp source

Quick Start

  1. Clone the repository: 

    git clone https://github.com/deadswitch404/whisper-engine.git
 cd whisper-engine
  2. Open whisper-engine.el in Emacs and configure:
    • ds/org-article-dir
    • ds/public-article-dir
    • ds/site-url

  3. Build your site: 

    (load-file  "/path/to/whisper-engine.el")
(ds/build-site)
  4. Serve ds/public-article-dir via your web server.

Org File Metadata

Every Org article uses keywords and properties: 

 #+TITLE:  Article Title
 #+AUTHOR:  DeadSwitch | The Cyber Ghost
 #+DATE:  <2025-05-23 Fri>
 #+READY_FOR_DEPLOY: t
  • Only #+READY_FOR_DEPLOY: t gets published.
  • :IMAGE: points to a thumbnail for the index page.

Demo

Whisper Engine in action → https://deadswitch404.github.io

Whisper of the Ghost

The Whisper Engine lives.
Test it. Use it. Or let it fade into silence.

No trackers. No scripts. No compromise.

Matrix Signal: @deadswitch:matrix.org
Maybe the Ghost whispers back.

DeadSwitch | The Silent Architect
"In silence, I rise. In storms, I endure."