# Install zola with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget, zypper Fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. Version 0.22.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:zola ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install zola ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install zola ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: www/zola/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add zola ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zola from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#zola ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zo/zola/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S zola ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: zola from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install zola ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: zola from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/zola ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/zola.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id getzola.zola -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: getzola.zola from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:zola - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.22.1 - **Source summary:** Fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** EUPL-1.2 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - zola (cli) - zola (alias) ## Dependencies - oniguruma ## Build dependencies - pkgconf - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.22.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/getzola/zola - Upstream latest detected: v0.22.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Zola is a Rust static site generator descended from the Gutenberg project. Its identity is deliberately package-friendly: a single binary with Markdown, Tera templates, Sass, syntax highlighting, search, themes, image processing, and live reload built in. ### Project history Creator Vincent Prouillet wrote that Gutenberg began in May 2015, shortly after Rust 1.0, as a way for him and a friend to learn Rust by building a static site generator. The project was also entangled with Tera, the template engine Prouillet built after finding no Rust template library he liked for the job. Gutenberg grew beyond the creator's original expectation of a private learning project. By 2018, the name collided with Project Gutenberg, CSS projects, and especially WordPress's Gutenberg editor, so the project was renamed Zola with the 0.5.0 release. The README still labels it "zola (ne Gutenberg)" and describes the project as an all-included static site generator. ### Adoption history Zola entered the same broad SSG conversation as Hugo, Jekyll, and Pelican, but its adoption pitch was different: Rust implementation, a dependency-light install story, and features that often require separate tooling elsewhere. The rename was explicitly complicated by the fact that Gutenberg was already present in package managers and deployment platforms. Its audience has been strongest among developers who want a static site generator without a Node, Ruby, Python, or Go template stack. Zola's official docs frame it as comparable to Hugo, Pelican, and Jekyll while emphasizing a single executable and Tera-based templating. ### How it is used A typical Zola workflow is to keep site content in Markdown, define templates with Tera, and use a small config file such as config.toml or zola.toml. The CLI builds static files for deployment and can serve locally with live reload during editing. Zola is commonly used for blogs, documentation sites, knowledge bases, landing pages, and book-like sites. Its package appeal comes from bundling Sass compilation, syntax highlighting, table-of-contents generation, internal links, taxonomies, search, and deployment-oriented static output into one tool. ### Why package nerds care Zola is a clean example of the post-Jekyll static-site-generator packaging ideal: install one binary, avoid runtime dependency stacks, and get a reproducible local build command. That makes it especially attractive in package indexes where users compare tooling by executables, config files, and build ergonomics. The Gutenberg-to-Zola rename is also a package-history lesson: names that work for a small open-source project can become liabilities once search, package managers, and deployment services start to matter. ### Timeline - 2015: Gutenberg work begins after Rust 1.0 as a Rust-learning static site generator project. - 2016: The current public repository history begins after earlier work was reset around Tera and the SSG implementation. - 2018: The project opens a rename discussion because WordPress Gutenberg and other name collisions make discovery difficult. - 2018: Zola 0.5.0 ships under the new name, carrying the Gutenberg user base forward. - 2020s: Zola continues as a single-binary Rust SSG used for blogs, documentation, knowledge bases, and static web publishing. ### Related projects - Hugo: the Go SSG that influenced Zola and helped define the single-binary static site generator niche. - Jekyll and Pelican: older SSGs that Zola documentation uses as comparison points. - Tera: Zola's Rust template engine, developed alongside the early project. - Cobalt: another Rust SSG often compared with early Gutenberg/Zola in the Rust static-site ecosystem. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: zola.toml, config.toml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** zola - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - zola: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/zo/zola/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - apk - zola - 0.22.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zola from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Opionated static site generator | https://github.com/getzola/zola - apk - zola-bash-completion - 0.22.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zola-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for zola | https://github.com/getzola/zola - apk - zola-fish-completion - 0.22.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zola-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for zola | https://github.com/getzola/zola - apk - zola-zsh-completion - 0.22.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: zola-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for zola | https://github.com/getzola/zola - pacman - zola - 0.22.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: zola from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | An opinionated static site generator | https://github.com/getzola/zola - zypper - zola - 0.22.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: zola from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fast static site generator | https://github.com/getzola/zola - zypper - zola-bash-completion - 0.22.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: zola-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for zola | https://github.com/getzola/zola - zypper - zola-fish-completion - 0.22.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: zola-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for zola | https://github.com/getzola/zola - zypper - zola-zsh-completion - 0.22.1-1.5: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: zola-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for zola | https://github.com/getzola/zola - MacPorts - zola: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: www/zola/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/zola: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/zola.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - getzola.zola: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: getzola.zola from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [oniguruma](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/oniguruma/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cobalt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cobalt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rust, static-site-generator, website. - [eleventy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/eleventy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator, templates. - [hugo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/hugo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator, website. - [jbake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jbake/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator, templates. - [docfx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docfx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator. - [gostatic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gostatic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator. - [marmite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/marmite/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator. - [pelican](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pelican/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, markdown, static-site-generator. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/zola.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/zola.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph