From Markdown to a site you own — write, build, publish.
Download it and double-click. That is the install, and the only part that is yours to do.
Your OS warns you the first time — that's expected, and clearing it takes two clicks. On Linux, use the install script instead.
Then copy this and paste it to your AI assistant. It sets up your site — you never open a terminal yourself.
I installed crofty, a CLI that turns Markdown into a website I own.
Run `crofty agent` to see what it does, then set up my site.
build
Write Markdown. crofty builds the site.
inputOne source: plain Markdown — and the original stays with you.
outputcrofty generates the HTML from it: a full, ordinary static site, plus a short summary.
languagesWrite in more than one. Readers land in theirs, automatically.
richCode, images, video, diagrams, even sheet music — optional, off by default.
lookSwap themes, tune colors, spacing, and the typeface.
deploy
Cloudflare (free), or your own server.
CloudflareA free account. The default.
SFTPStraight to your own VPS.
FTPSTo shared hosting, over TLS.
Credentials go to your system keychain. The upload goes straight to your host — crofty is an app on your machine, with no server in between.
free · yours · no lock-in
No server, no account — just an app on your machine.
- free — no purchase, no subscription
- no account — nothing to log in to
- your data — Markdown and keys, on your machine only
- no lock-in — nothing holding you in
- no tracking — nowhere for it to call
- open source — anyone can read it
AI-agent friendly
Just tell your AI to run the crofty agent command.
run crofty agentIt returns every command, argument, and order in one read — the AI reads it and takes over from there.
readable outputState via crofty config, machine-readable via --json. No glue scripts.
next stepEvery command writes next: in its output.
Figuring out how a tool works is overhead an agent pays before the real task. crofty answers usage, state, and the next step in the output itself — so the AI saves tokens and spends them on your site, not on finding its footing.
analytics
Once you're live, see if it lands.
one keyPass a config key to connect Google Analytics (GA4) and Search Console.
AI reads itSet up a service-account key and the APIs, and crofty analytics pulls your traffic as tables or JSON — your AI reads and analyzes it for you.
Both optional — opt-in, off by default. crofty itself tracks nothing.
demo
Real sites built with crofty — blog, photography, band, shop, studio.
see the demos →uninstall
Leaving is easy — remove crofty and your Markdown and built site stay yours. It's an ordinary static site, so it keeps working without crofty.
how to uninstall →