About - Bengal

Bengal is a static site generator where the entire stack is Python you can read, debug, and extend. Every library in the pipeline — Patitas (markdown), Rosettes (syntax highlighting), Kida (templates), Pounce (dev server) — is purpose-built for Python 3.14+ free-threading. No JavaScript toolchains. No compiled C extensions in the critical path.pip install bengaland go.

Why Bengal?

Benefit	What It Means
Scales with cores	True thread parallelism on Python 3.14t — no GIL contention. See Benchmarks
AI-native output	llms.txt, agent manifests, per-page JSON, Content Signals — machines can discover and navigate your docs
Sub-second rebuilds	Provenance-based incremental builds with content-addressed hashing
Python-native workflows	Jupyter rendering, autodoc for Python/CLI/OpenAPI,`pip install`and go
Batteries included	Sitemap, RSS, social cards, search indexes, broken link detection, validation
Extensible	Pluggable engines, theme inheritance, swizzling, 9 plugin extension points

Use Cases

Documentation Sites — Versioned docs, API reference, search, and internal linking
Blogs & Journals — Tags, categories, feeds, related content, and social sharing
Knowledge Bases — Markdown-first publishing with validation and JSON search indexes
Product & Marketing Sites — Landing pages, content collections, and social cards

Philosophy

Bengal prioritizes correctness over backwards compatibility. Each release reflects our best design. When better approaches emerge, behavior may change.

See Project Philosophy for details.

Project Philosophy

Bengal prioritizes correctness over compatibility.

For Python Teams

Why Bengal is the natural documentation choice for teams already working in Python

Key Capabilities

What Bengal does

Performance Benchmarks

Measured build times for Bengal across different site sizes and configurations

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to common questions about Bengal's features, limitations, and compatibility.

Free-Threading