Synticore Builder Guide
Synticore helps you build and ship static websites while keeping direct control over your HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and assets.
This guide is for people using Synticore to build their own sites.
If you need compiler internals, maintenance notes, or full reference material, use the dedicated Synticore Developer Docs.
Start Here
Synticore Builder Guide - Build Your First Site Use this for the shortest path from install to a successful build.
Synticore Builder Guide - Setup Guide Use this when you need prerequisites, dependency install steps, and toolchain validation.
Synticore Builder Guide - GUI Guide Use this when you prefer the browser GUI for project selection, tasks, config editing, and local wiki reading.
Synticore Builder Guide - Project Structure Use this to understand what belongs in your project, what gets generated, and what is safe to delete.
Synticore Builder Guide - Templates Use this to compare the bundled templates and see how they differ from the separate example project repository.
Synticore Builder Guide - New Project Use this to create a fresh project from a bundled template through the GUI or terminal.
Synticore Builder Guide - Configuration Example Use this when you want practical snippets before reading the full schema.
Build Your Site
Synticore Builder Guide - Workflow Use this for repeatable setup, build, watch, and packaging flows.
Synticore Builder Guide - Browser And Watch Tools Use this to understand
build,watch, BrowserSync, and the in-browser dev tools.Synticore Builder Guide - Troubleshooting Use this when build, watch, browser, GUI, or migration flows are failing and you need the fastest diagnosis path.
Synticore Builder Guide - URL Modes Example Use this to choose how clean URLs and trailing slashes should work for your site.
Synticore Builder Guide - Title Generation Example Use this to control how Synticore derives page titles from files and headings.
Synticore Builder Guide - File Include Guide Use this to reuse partials and compose pages from shared HTML building blocks.
Synticore Builder Guide - Font Icon Guide Use this to learn how icon sets are sourced, named, and emitted in a project.
Ship And Maintain
Synticore Builder Guide - Packaging Targets Example Build deployable outputs for one or more destinations.
Synticore Builder Guide - Mirrors Example Copy extra files and folders into output when your project needs them.
Synticore Builder Guide - Ignore Behavior Example Control what stays out of builds, navigation, and sitemap output.
Synticore Builder Guide - Watch Triggers Guide Add project-specific watch trigger rules when normal rebuild behavior is not enough.
Synticore Builder Guide - Example Project License Guide Understand compiler licensing, example-content licensing, and brand restrictions.
Need More Control?
- Synticore Builder Guide - Configuration Reference for the full project config key reference.
- Synticore Builder Guide - Config Ownership for a short explanation of which config/state files you usually edit versus ignore.
- Synticore Builder Guide - Templates for the bundled starter template inventory and intended use cases.
- Synticore Builder Guide - New Project for scaffolding a fresh project through the GUI or terminal.
- Synticore Builder Guide - Terminal Task Reference for terminal-driven project usage.
- Synticore Builder Guide - Browser And Watch Tools for the browser-side development experience during watch/browser tasks.
- Synticore Builder Guide - Troubleshooting for symptom-first recovery when the normal project flow is failing.
- Synticore Builder Guide - Log Guide for project and compiler log locations during debugging.
- Synticore Builder Guide - Migration Guide for upgrading older projects to the current compiler.
- Synticore Developer Docs for compiler internals, maintainer workflows, migration internals, and release notes.
- Synticore Example Site to inspect a running Synticore-built site.
- Synticore Website Compiler Example Repository for the standalone example project source.
- Synticore Website Compiler Releases for downloads.
- Synticore Website Compiler Issue Tracker for bugs and missing features.