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Zensical – a modern static site generator. We're excited to release @zensical.org, our new SSG that is compatible with Material for MkDocs: – 5x faster rebuilds – Modern design – Blazing-fast search Read the full announcement on our blog: squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-mater... A thread ⬇ 1/7

2/7 Our fresh, modern design breaks free from the Material design aesthetic: – New look, same structure = trivial to switch – New mobile sidebar Want to keep the Material Design look? No problem – it's just a single line of configuration.

3/7 ZRX, our new differential build engine, makes repeated builds 4-5x faster: – $ zensical serve – start writing immediately – Fix typos in seconds, not minutes We're just getting started: moving Python Markdown to a Rust-based parser in 2026 – unlocking its full potential.

4/7 Disco, our blazing-fast client-side search engine we've built from scratch, with better ranking and filtering capabilities: – Lightweight – Rich-text support – Filters and aggregations – Search in paths We'll also release Disco as a standalone OSS project in 2026.

5/7 Maximum compatibility – Zensical natively reads mkdocs.yml files. Your existing Material for MkDocs projects work with minimal changes – Markdown files, templates, CSS/JS extensions can stay the same. We'll reach feature parity within the next months: zensical.org/compatibility/

6/7 Why now? MkDocs is unmaintained since August 2024 – with no releases in over a year, accumulating issues and PRs – a supply chain risks for us and all of our users.