Zorto

The AI-native static site generator (SSG) with executable code blocks & more.

Inspired by Zola and Quarto.

Install

curl -LsSf https://dkdc.sh/zorto/install.sh | sh

Verify:

zorto --version

More install options

The curl | sh installer above wraps uv tool install zorto. On Linux and macOS it pulls a pre-built wheel from PyPI that bundles the Rust engine (no compile step). Windows is not covered by the installer — use cargo from source or run under WSL.

uv (PyPI wheel, no compile):

uv tool install zorto

uvx (run once without installing):

uvx zorto

cargo (build from source, requires Rust 1.85+):

cargo install zorto

Usage

zorto --help

Slide decks

Zorto builds presentation decks from markdown: one file per slide, with frontmatter for layout, background, and template-specific behavior. A deck is just a directory of .md files that a human or agent can draft, reorder, or hand off without touching every slide at once.

• Live intro deck: what a Zorto-built deck looks like.
• Create a presentation: step-by-step guide.
• Presentations concept: the content model behind decks.

Executable code blocks

Use {bash} or {python} in code blocks to execute them.

echo "hello"

echo "Built on $(uname -s) $(uname -m) at $(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC')"

for i in range(5):
    print(i)

Tip

If you're reading elsewhere, see https://zorto.dev for the rendered results of the code blocks above.