Simplicity and power for all. Enabling anyone of any ability to create and update their website in real time, through voice, text and images, to find out who is visiting, which content is popular, and also manage powerful features like changing passwords and setting permissions.
What makes it different
Just files
Your whole site is Markdown plus a couple of config files - own it, move it, keep it in git. Nothing is locked inside a database.
No build, no database
Drop a .md file in and it is live; plain cached HTML is served after that. Fast by default, with nothing to rebuild or migrate.
Tiny and low-cost
One small CGI script and a few Perl modules. It runs on almost anything - even your own PC - and costs very little to host.
Dynamic when you need it
Templating, remote data, JSON, feeds, forms, sign-in and pay-per-read are built in - no plugins to bolt on.
Built for AI
An assistant publishes through exactly the same rules you do. Grant a scoped account, watch the audit log, revoke any time. Onboard an AI agent →
Design, separately
A layout owns the HTML; a theme supplies colours and fonts as tokens. A broad range of one-click, ready-made themes covers personal, business, editorial and dashboard styles. Browse the theme gallery →
Powerful features
Own your data
SovereigntyYour entire site is plain files on infrastructure you choose - no platform lock-in, no terms that change under you, nothing held hostage. Export it, move it, self-host it: it is yours, permanently.
A living website
Always currentKeep it up to date just by talking to it - add articles on the fly by voice or chat, run live blogs as events unfold, and update any information in seconds. No dashboard and no deploy cycle; the site changes as fast as you can describe the change.
Hand others the keys
No tech skills neededLet contributors, colleagues or clients maintain their own pages without learning any tools. They describe what they want and an AI agent makes the change - within the exact permissions you grant. You stay in control; they stay productive.
Built to be found
SEO & AI searchEvery page is served as fast, pre-rendered semantic HTML - no JavaScript needed to read it - so search engines and AI crawlers index the full content on the first visit. lazysite auto-generates a sitemap.xml and per-page metadata, emits Atom and RSS feeds, and publishes an llms.txt manifest so AI assistants and answer engines can discover, understand and cite your pages. Clean Markdown in, clean indexable HTML out.
Is lazysite for you?
- publish content, documentation or a portfolio and want it fast and fully yours
- want an AI agent to draft and publish for you
- are a marketer or designer moving quickly, or a small team or club sharing information
- would rather own plain files than run a database
- depend on a particular plugin or a mature e-commerce store
- have a non-technical team that needs a polished click-and-drag admin
In that case, compare lazysite with WordPress, Hugo or Ghost first, or read who it is for.
Explore
- What lazysite does - every capability, grouped by what you are trying to achieve.
- How it compares - side by side with the platforms you are weighing it against, with sources.
- Onboard an AI agent - give an assistant a scoped, revocable account.
- Theme gallery - a broad range of one-click, out-of-the-box designs spanning personal, business, editorial and dashboard styles.
- Get started and install - write your first page in minutes.
- About lazysite - the idea behind it, and who makes it.
MIT licensed. Source on GitHub.