Methanol

Opinionated MDX-first static site generator powered by rEFui + Vite.

For full documentation and examples, visit Methanol Docs.

Quick start

# build
npx methanol build

# dev server
npx methanol dev

# preview the production build
npx methanol serve

From this repo, use node bin/methanol.js [dev|build|serve].

Project layout

Methanol expects a project like this:

pages/        # .mdx pages (file-based routing)
components/   # JSX/TSX components used by MDX
public/       # static assets copied/served as-is
dist/         # build output

Configuration

Create methanol.config.{js,mjs,cjs,ts,jsx,tsx,mts,cts} and export a function:

export default () => ({
	// optional: search (Pagefind)
	pagefind: {
		enabled: true
	},

	// optional: code highlighting (Starry Night, default: enabled)
	starryNight: false,

	// optional: worker thread count (0 = auto)
	jobs: 0,

	// optional: pwa support
	pwa: true,

	// optional: site metadata
	site: {
		base: '/docs/'
	},

	// optional: theme sources
	theme: {
		sources: {
			'/.my-theme': './sources'
		}
	}
})

Themes

Methanol includes built-in themes (default, blog). Use --theme <name> or set theme: '<name>' in config. For local themes inside your project, import the theme entry in methanol.config.* and pass the theme object/factory.

CLI notes

• methanol preview is an alias for methanol serve