blog-posts/2026-06-10-10:41-flow-web-a-program-that-will-allow-you-to-generate-static-website.md

   1 author: Andreas
   2 published: 2026-06-10 10:41:00
   3 updated: 2026-06-10 10:41:00
   4 topics: flow-web, Static web site, generator, Rust
   5 title: flow-web: A program that will allow you to generate static website
   6 snippet: flow-web is a program written in Rust that will allow you to generate luflow.net static website.
   7
   8 ---
   9
  10 This static website is generated with a program written in [Rust](https://rust-lang.org/)
  11 called [flow-web](https://luflow.net/git-repos/flow-web.git).
  12 `flow-web` is specifically written to generate this static website.
  13
  14 ### Installing Rust
  15
  16 Install `Rust` from your package manager or by downloading from here:
  17 [https://rust-lang.org/](https://rust-lang.org/).
  18
  19 ### Getting the code
  20
  21 Install `git` from your package manager or by downloading from here:
  22 [https://git-scm.com/install](https://git-scm.com/install). The [git repository](https://luflow.net/git-repos/flow-web.git)
  23 can also be browsed online.
  24
  25 Clone the `git` repository:
  26
  27 ```sh
  28 git clone https://luflow.net/git/flow-web.git
  29 ```
  30
  31 ### Compiling the code
  32
  33 cd into the cloned dir:
  34
  35 ```sh
  36 cd flow-web
  37 ```
  38
  39 Build using release mode:
  40
  41 ```sh
  42 cargo build --release
  43 ```
  44
  45 ### Generating the site
  46
  47 Generate the site using release mode:
  48
  49 ```sh
  50 cargo run --release
  51 ```
  52
  53 The generated output can be found in '**output**' folder.
  54
  55 ### Serve locally
  56
  57 Run the following command to serve locally using **[servez](https://www.npmjs.com/package/servez)** as an example:
  58
  59 ```sh
  60 servez output
  61 ```
  62
  63 Then, visit the following url in a web browser:
  64
  65 [http://localhost:8080/](http://localhost:8080)
  66
  67 You can stop the server pressing CTRL+c.
  68
  69 servez can be installed through [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en) like so:
  70
  71 ```sh
  72 npm install -g servez
  73 ```
  74
  75 ### License
  76
  77 [flow-web](https://luflow.net/git-repos/flow-web.git) is licensed under the
  78 [GNU AGPL](https://gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html) license.