---
title: v0.1.0
description: "Initial public release of seite, the AI-native static site generator built in Rust."
date: 2026-02-20
tags:
- new
---

Initial public release.

## Build Pipeline

- 13-step build pipeline producing HTML, markdown, RSS, sitemap, search index, and LLM discovery files
- Image processing: auto-resize to configured widths, WebP conversion, `srcset`/`<picture>` injection, `loading="lazy"`
- Asset pipeline with CSS/JS minification (`build.minify`) and fingerprinted filenames (`build.fingerprint`)
- Pagination with configurable items per page, generates `/posts/`, `/posts/page/2/`, etc.
- Tag pages: auto-generated `/tags/` index and `/tags/{tag}/` archives
- Table of contents auto-generated from heading hierarchy with anchor IDs
- Excerpts via `<!-- more -->` marker or auto-extracted from first paragraph
- Reading time (238 WPM) and word count on every page
- Internal link validation at build time
- 404 page auto-generated from `404.html` template

## Content

- 6 collection presets: posts, docs, pages, changelog, roadmap, trust center
- 5 built-in shortcodes: `youtube`, `vimeo`, `gist`, `callout`, `figure`: plus user-defined shortcodes from `templates/shortcodes/`
- Data files (YAML/JSON/TOML from `data/` directory) injected into template context as `{{ data.filename }}`
- Multi-language (i18n) with filename-based translations, per-language URLs, RSS feeds, sitemaps, hreflang tags, and language switcher UI
- `extra:` frontmatter field for arbitrary key-value data accessible in templates
- Draft exclusion with `--drafts` flag to include during development

## Themes

- 6 bundled themes: default, minimal, dark, docs, brutalist, bento
- AI-generated custom themes via `seite theme create "<description>"` (requires Claude Code)
- Theme install from URL (`seite theme install <url>`) and export for sharing (`seite theme export <name>`)
- All themes include SEO meta tags, Open Graph, Twitter Cards, JSON-LD structured data, accessibility features, and i18n support

## AI Integration

- `seite agent` spawns Claude Code with full site context: content inventory, frontmatter format, template list, available commands
- `seite agent "prompt"` for non-interactive one-shot content generation
- MCP server (`seite mcp`) with 5 tools and 6+ resources for AI tool integration, auto-started by Claude Code
- Every site ships `llms.txt`, `llms-full.txt`, and raw markdown alongside HTML
- `seite init` generates `.claude/CLAUDE.md` with comprehensive site context for AI agents

## Deploy

- GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages, and Netlify, all built in
- Guided setup via `seite deploy --setup` (creates repos/projects, configures auth, generates CI workflows)
- Pre-flight checks validate output dir, base_url, CLI tools, git state before deploying
- `--dry-run` preview, `--preview` for staging/branch deploys
- Custom domain management with DNS record display and auto-attachment
- Post-deploy verification (homepage 200, robots.txt, sitemap.xml, llms.txt reachability)
- Auto-commit and push before deploy with `auto_commit = true`

## Developer Experience

- Interactive dev server with REPL (new, agent, theme, build, status, stop) and live reload
- Analytics support: Google Analytics, GTM, Plausible, Fathom, Umami, with optional cookie consent banner
- Multi-site workspaces (`seite-workspace.toml`) with unified dev server and per-site deploy
- Collection management: `seite collection add <preset>` and `seite collection list`
- Project metadata and upgrades: `.seite/config.json` tracks version, `seite upgrade` applies version-gated changes
- Self-update from GitHub Releases with SHA256 checksum verification
- Shell installer for macOS/Linux (`curl | sh`), PowerShell installer for Windows
