About zola
A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org
How to install zola
MacOS and Linux can use the below command to install.
curl -fsSL https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/latest/download/zola.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv zola /usr/local/bin/
How to create your first website
to create a new website is easy.
zola init myblog
cd myblog
Zola will ask some setup questions (like site title). It then creates this structure:
myblog/
├── config.toml
├── content/
├── templates/
├── static/
└── themes/
Add content
Create a Markdown file:
zola new content/blog/first-post.md
Then edit it:
+++
title = "My First Post"
date = 2025-11-08
+++
Hello **world**, this is my first Zola post!
Add a theme (optional)
Go to https://www.getzola.org/themes/
Example:
git clone https://github.com/getzola/after-dark themes/after-dark
Then edit your config.toml:
theme = "after-dark"
Run local server
zola serve
Then open your browser: 👉 http://127.0.0.1:1111 It auto-rebuilds on file changes.
Build for production
zola build
It generates static HTML files in the public/ directory — you can host it anywhere (GitHub Pages, Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, etc.).
How embedded video (local, youtube)
- load the local video
{ { video(src="video/myvideo.mp4") } }
- load the youtube video
{ { video(youtube="hQp3_aWAfRA") } }
