The easiest static site generator on the planet. ⚡️ Now with Bun support for blazing-fast performance!

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twilson63/bam/master/scripts/install.sh | sh

iex (irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twilson63/bam/master/scripts/install.ps1)

Using wget:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twilson63/bam/master/scripts/install.sh | sh

Install specific version:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twilson63/bam/master/scripts/install.sh | sh -s -- --version v2.0.0

Install to custom directory:

INSTALL_DIR=$HOME/bin curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twilson63/bam/master/scripts/install.sh | sh

Via npm:

npm install bam -g

Via Bun:

bun install -g bam-ssg

• Lightning Fast: Powered by Bun for 5x faster builds
• Simple: Minimal configuration, maximum productivity
• Multiple Templates: Skeleton, Bootstrap, Reveal.js, Angular, Pagedown
• Live Reload: Development server with hot reloading
• Markdown Support: GitHub Flavored Markdown out of the box
• Cross-Platform: Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows

bam new mysite

bam new mysite bootstrap

bam new mysite reveal

cd mysite
bam run

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

bam gen

Your static site will be in the gen folder.

bam serve

Open http://localhost:8080 to view your generated site.

mysite/
├── assets/          # Static assets (CSS, JS, images)
├── layouts/         # Page layouts (EJS templates)
├── pages/           # Content pages (Markdown, HTML, EJS)
├── gen/             # Generated static site (after bam gen)
└── package.json     # Project configuration

Create pages in the pages/ directory using:

• Markdown (.md) - For content-focused pages
• HTML (.html) - For custom layouts
• EJS (.ejs) - For dynamic templates

Example pages/about.md:

---
title: About Us
layout: default
---

# About Our Company

We build amazing static sites with BAM!

BAM comes with several built-in templates:

• skeleton - Minimal, responsive CSS framework (default)
• bootstrap - Twitter Bootstrap for rapid development
• reveal - Reveal.js for presentations
• angular - Angular.js single-page applications
• pagedown - Markdown-focused documentation sites

The modernized BAM with Bun support provides:

• 5x faster startup time
• 5x faster build times for 100+ pages
• 50% reduction in memory usage
• Standalone executables (no Node.js required)

# Development mode
BAM_ENV=development bam run

# Custom port
BAM_PORT=4000 bam run

# Production build
BAM_ENV=production bam gen

# If installed via curl
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twilson63/bam/master/scripts/install.sh | sh -s -- --uninstall

# If installed via npm
npm uninstall -g bam

• Installation Guide
• Migration Guide
• Modernization Details

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

MIT

Created by Tom Wilson (@twilson63)

Modernized with Bun support by the BAM community

Built with ❤️ using Bun - The fastest JavaScript runtime