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+title: Kiln
+---
+
+[Kiln](https://git.sr.ht/~adnano/kiln) is a simple static site generator aimed at Gemini use foremost, but it can be configured to support HTML and potentially Gopher. It supports using external tools as pre/post processors, allowing you to manipulate any file format int something it can use.
+
+## Documentation
+
+[https://git.sr.ht/~adnano/kiln/tree/master/item/docs/kiln.1.scd](Kiln Man Page)
+[Introduction](https://kiln.adnano.co)
+[kiln-discuss mailing list](https://lists.sr.ht/~adnano/kiln-discuss)
+
+## Iterating Subfolders on Templates
+
+Not described too much in the documentation, but you can use the `.Dirs` value passed to index templates to iterate down into the folders and list pages within the folders. 
+
+```
+{{ range .Dirs }}## {{.Title }}
+{{ range .Pages }}=>  {{ .Permalink }} {{ if not .Date.IsZero -}}
+{{.Date.Format "2006-01-02"}} {{end}}{{.Title}}
+{{ end }}
+{{ end -}}
+```
+
+Produces
+
+```
+## Logs
+=> /~nikdoof/logs/2021/06/29/first-post/ 2021-06-29 First Post
+
+## Notes
+=> /~nikdoof/notes/kiln/ Kiln
+```
+
+## Handling Markdown
+
+Adding `preprocess.md` value to your tasks and adding `.md` to the input formats allows you to use Markdown files for generating out Gemini. 
+
+```
+[[tasks]]
+input = [".gmi", ".md"]
+output = ".gmi"
+template = ".gmi"
+static_dir = "static"
+output_dir = "public"
+preprocess.md = "md2gmn"
+```