Version 2.0 Released

HydePHP v2.0

The Static Site Generator with the power of Laravel and the simplicity of Markdown that developers love.

Transform your ideas into blazing-fast websites. Combine the power of Laravel's ecosystem with the simplicity of Markdown. Your next project starts here.

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Open Source
PHP 8+
Laravel Powered
hyde@terminal

hyde

$ php hyde build
Preparing build environment
Compiling Blade and Markdown
✓ 80 files compiled in 756ms
🎉 Congratulations! Your static site
has been built!
Home About

My Hyde Site

Hello World

Built with HydePHP

From terminal to production in minutes

Terminal
$ composer create-project hyde/hyde _
Creating a new Hyde project...
Installing dependencies...
0%
✓ Installation complete!
hello-world.md
Markdown
---
title: "Hello World"
date: "2025-01-20"
---
# Welcome to Hyde
This is my first post built with **HydePHP**.
## Features
- Lightning fast
- Markdown powered
- Laravel elegance
ship.hydephp.com

Hello World

January 20, 2025

Welcome to Hyde

This is my first post built with HydePHP.

Features

  • Lightning fast
  • Markdown powered
  • Laravel elegance
New to Hyde?

Start your journey here.

HydePHP is an open-source console application that turns easy-to-use Markdown text files into amazing static websites, backed by the power of Laravel.

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✨ Features & Benefits

Why Choose HydePHP?

Hyde is packed with quality features. Here are the highlights that make it a great choice for your next project.

Easy Content Creation

Markdown, Blade, both? It's up to you.

Create content with Markdown and let Hyde do the heavy lifting. Sprinkle in some Front Matter for extra credit.

---
title: My Blog Post
category: tutorials
author: Jane Doe
---

# Write in Markdown

Hyde transforms it to HTML!

Built-in Frontend

Batteries (and more) Included
Hyde ships with a full-featured Tailwind frontend and customizable Blade templates. 
<x-card class="bg-gradient-to-r
        from-purple-500
        to-pink-500">
  Beautiful by default
</x-card>

The Power of Laravel

Artisan CLI • Blade • Ecosystem
Laravel developers feel at home with an Artisan-based CLI and Blade templating. 
php hyde make:post "My Post"
php hyde build
php hyde serve

Customizable to the Core

Convention over configuration
Hyde is pre-configured for most use cases—override anything when you need to. 
// config/hyde.php
return [
  'name' => 'My Site',
  'url' => 'example.com',
  'generate_sitemap' => true,
];

Hyde by the Numbers

GitHub Stars
404
Packagist Installs
26.2k
GitHub Views
74.8k
GitHub Clones
200.8k
Open Source Laravel Powered
👥 Built for Developers

Who's it for?

While you don't need to know PHP or Laravel, Hyde is aimed at developers and requires basic command-line knowledge. Here is a breakdown of some key bullet points tailored to various use cases.

🎩

Laravel Artisans

Are Hyde first-class citizens.

  • HydePHP is based on Laravel Zero
  • Render Blade files to HTML
  • Artisan-based CLI interface
  • Automatic pseudo-routing
  • Preconfigured Laravel Mix
  • File-based Collections
🏗️ Architecture Concepts
📝

Markdown Aficionados

Have their rightful place, at last.

  • Simple Markdown Pages
  • Easy Documentation sites
  • Smart Blog Posts
  • Torchlight Syntax Highlighting
  • YAML Front Matter
  • Automatic RSS feed
📚 Markdown Documentation
💻

Developers & More

And some more features.

  • Free and Open Source
  • Automatic Navigation Menus
  • Customizable & Configurable
  • No databases needed
  • Version controllable
  • And Much More
⚡ Installation Guide
💬 Community Love

What People Are Saying

We are proud to hear that so many people use Hyde to build their websites. Here are some of our favourite mentions from the community.

@EmmaDSCodes is amazing.... So beautifully created the @HydeFramework

I was scrolling the internet to find the best tool to write documentation for the project which is simple to work with. I think I found one now.... The best part, built on my go to framework Laravel. 🤯

HydePHP is actually simple to setup. Now, I'm not a PHP developer and I can barely write a function in this language, but the project actually delivers on what it promises.

Docs: 10/10 Project: 10/10

What I'm mostly impressed with is how clean and straightforward the documentation is. Writing good documentation is an art and Emma did an amazing job at it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Holy f. Your project is definitely one of my favorites of the whole [startup] tournament, I constantly keep an eye on the top 50 for it.

Felipe Lecot

Director at Do2 Software

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