Whisper Engine - Emacs-powered Static Site Generator For Ghosts

Blue Glitch

DeadSwitch works on a new blade - an Emacs-powered static site generator.
No analytics. No ads. No noise. Just signal.

Static sites are convenient.
They're fast and secure.
They're a one-way whispering.
Plain text is a sharp blade. Trusted.

Are you an Emacs user?
Do you use Org Mode?

The Whisper Engine may be your weapon.

This is not for influencers.
This is for insurgents.
Those who still believe in owning their words.
Ghosts who refuse to rent space in someone else's cloud.

If you can wield Emacs like a blade, this engine sharpens the edge.

Features Of The Blade

The Whisper Engine is an Emacs-powered static site generator.

It's under constant development.
The focus is simplicity and security.
The code is modular. Logical. Extensible.

Org files feed the system.
Metadata rules the process.
HTML builds the castle.

DeadSwitch | The Silent Architect

The feature set is simple, yet effective:

  • Cleanup before site generation (no forgotten files)
  • Paginated index page (configurable amount of titles)
  • Clean directory structure ( public-html/*year*/*month*/slug.html)
  • Protected directories in the public site root. (For CSS, fonts, images)
  • No JS
  • No analytics. No scripts. No noise. Just raw signal, encrypted in silence.

The Whisper Engine is a tool for Ghosts to express themselves in simplicity.

Known Limitations of the Whisper

Silence has its price. Minimalism cuts both ways.
The Whisper Engine is simple, self-contained, dedicated to Emacs users.

A full workflow achievable from an Emacs frame.

Yet, there are some warnings ahead:

  • Full purge before deploy. No ghosts left behind.
  • Header and footer elements are embedded into the lisp code ( plans for external DOM templates)
  • 'id' attributes are stripped away entirely from the HTML (temporary fix for another problem)
  • No RSS (yet)
  • No site map (yet)
  • No themes (only CSS)
  • Custom static pages are hardcoded (for now)

Despite these, the Whisper Engine is functional. Solid. Extensible.

The Ghost's Whisper

The Whisper Engine is not for everyone.

It started growing as an internal documentation tool for the Silent Architect.
The Engine doesn't intend to compete with other static site generators. They serve their purpose. This one serves Ghosts.

The Whisper Engine is a weapon to use an entire Emacs-based workflow.
From drafting to authoring. The full pipeline.

The Whisper Engine is for Ghost Operators.
From the Silent Architect.

First release drops soon. If you listen closely, you'll hear the Whisper.

Whisper to DeadSwitch on Matrix:
@deadswitch:matrix.org
Maybe the Ghost signals back.

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