Tools Directory: Bridgetown

Built upon proven open source technology,Bridgetownis afast,scalable,modular, andthoroughly forward-lookingframework for building websites and frontend applications.

• Craft Clever Content.Content in Bridgetown is simply text files and assets in your repository. Write flexibleMarkdownand use sophisticatedLiquidtags to enhance your presentation and functionality. Using a headless CMS or third-party APIs? That works too!
• **Design with Components.**Encapsulate common building-blocks of your design which can be reused across multiple pages and contexts or displayed in an always up-to-date style guide. Use components provided bythemes and pluginsor write your own.
• **Customize with Plugins.**Develop your own plugins in the delightful Ruby programming language to enable totally custom projects, orinstall community gemsto supercharge your site build. Sprinkle Ruby Front Matter on templates to bring them to life.
• Add a Modern Frontend.Bridgetown comes with support forWebpackout-of-the-box, which means you can add Javascript frameworks likeReact,Vue,Stimulusas well as CSS frameworks likeBulmaorTailwindto get a leg up fast.
• **Deploy Anywhere.**Use an automated hosting service likeNetlifyto deploy your site upon every update, or just sync theoutputfolder to a standard web server and you’re done. It’s without a doubt the most flexible publishing system available.