This will compile any files matching valid input template file extensions (.md is one of them) in the current directory into the output folder (defaults to _site).
Writing _site/README/index.html from ./README.md. Wrote 1 file in 0.11 seconds (v0.11.0)
Run eleventy --serve to start up a web server. Then open http://localhost:8080/README/ in your web browser of choice to see your Eleventy output.
“Seriously can't remember enjoying using a Static Site Generator this much. Yes Hugo is rapid, but this is all so logical. It feels like it was designed by someone who has been through lots of pain and success using other SSGs.” —Phil Hawksworth
“I actually used Eleventy for the first time this week. Loved it.” —Paul Lewis
“Think the reason everyone is loving [Eleventy] so much (myself included) is that it doesn't come with a prescription about data sources or template rendering.” —Brian Leroux
“Eleventy is almost fascinatingly simple.” —Chris Coyier
“I looked into and actively tried using various static site generators for this project. Eleventy was the only one I could find that gave me the fine-grained control I needed at blazingly fast build times.” —Mathias Bynens
“Eleventy + Netlify have become my new workflow for static sites. I think I'm in love.” —Mina Markham
“Eleventy and web components go really, really well together.” —Justin Fagnani
“Just the kind of simple / common sense tool I love. The data/folder hierarchy mechanism is super obvious and elegant.” —Heydon Pickering
“Eleventy is a killer static site generator. That’s all.” —Sara Soueidan