# About

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Section: about

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About Bengal is a high-performance static site generator built in Python for Python 3.14+. It transforms Markdown content into fast, beautiful websites with minimal configuration and maximum speed. Use Cases Documentation Sites — Technical docs with automatic API reference generation from Python source code Blogs & Journals — Personal and professional writing with tags, categories, and related posts Product & Marketing Sites — Landing pages, portfolios, and company websites Knowledge Bases — Internal wikis and help centers with full-text search Why Bengal? Benefit What It Means Fast Builds Parallel processing + incremental builds = 18-42× faster rebuilds on large sites Python-Native Built for Python 3.14+ with free-threading support; no Node.js required Auto API Docs AST-based autodoc generates reference docs from your Python source and CLI tools Batteries Included Dev server, live reload, syntax highlighting, sitemap, RSS, search—all built in Flexible Theming Theme inheritance, template swizzling, and 200+ CSS design tokens Content First Markdown with MyST directives, YAML/TOML front matter, and cascading config File Comparison How Bengal compares to other static site generators File Performance Benchmarks Measured build times for Bengal vs Hugo, Jekyll, and Eleventy File Frequently Asked Questions Answers to common questions about Bengal's features, limitations, and compatibility. File Limitations What Bengal doesn't do Star Core Concepts Foundational concepts for understanding Bengal File Glossary Definitions of terms used throughout Bengal documentation

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