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      <img src="logo.png" alt="Lektor" class="logo">
      <p>
	A flexible and powerful static content management system for building
	complex and beautiful websites out of flat files — for people who do
        not want to make a compromise between a CMS and a static blog engine.
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        Getting your ideas implemented is as easy as frying an egg.
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        ><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt"></i> Download</a></div>
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    <li><a href="https://twitter.com/getlektor"
      class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false"
      data-size="large" data-dnt="true">Follow @getlektor</a>
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    <li><a class="github-button" href="https://github.com/lektor/lektor"
      data-style="mega" data-count-href="/lektor/lektor/stargazers"
      data-count-api="/repos/lektor/lektor#stargazers_count"
      data-count-aria-label="# stargazers on GitHub"
      aria-label="Star lektor/lektor on GitHub">Star</a>
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    <li><a href="https://gitter.im/lektor/lektor"
      class="js-gitter-toggle-chat-button"><img
      src="https://badges.gitter.im/lektor/lektor.svg"
      alt="Join the chat at https://gitter.im/lektor/lektor"></a>
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## Full of Features

* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-ship"></i> **Deploy Anywhere** Because Lektor
  builds out 100% static HTML you can deploy them to any host (including S3,
  GitHub Pages, any web host, etc.).
* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-globe"></i> **Cross Platform** It runs on
  Linux, OSX and Windows.
* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-file-code-o"></i> **100% File Based** All
  source data is well structured and can be tracked in a version control
  system or cloud storage like Dropbox.
* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-database"></i> **Flat-File Database** All
  source data is stored in a flat-file tree database and can be freely
  queried. The layout of that data is completely configurable.
* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-pencil"></i> **Customizable Admin** Lektor
  comes fully equipped with a flexible and beautiful admin interface so you can
  edit your pages without having to touch the raw sources.
* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-code-fork"></i> **Dependency Tracking**
  The build process intelligently tracks page dependencies such that it only
  rebuilds pages that have changed.
* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-image"></i> **Image Tools** Create
  thumbnails and give convenient access to EXIF data.
* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-puzzle-piece"></i> **Plugin System** Lektor
  supports loading plugins that can customize a wide range of functionality.
* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-terminal"></i> **Python API** The build
  system is written in Python and provides a documented API to extend it and
  integrate into other apps.
* <i class="feature-circle fa fa-language"></i> **Multilingual** We can
  speak multiple languages and allow you to easily create localized websites.
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Lektor comes with a customizable admin panel that allows anyone to
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The project files are neatly laid out in the filesystem and allow tracking
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Changes become immediately visible as Lektor rebuilds on demand.  A preview
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The structure of the pages and the templates used to render the page can
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## Open Source

Lektor at its core is a three clause [BSD licensed
](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lektor/lektor/master/LICENSE) Open Source
project written in Python and Node.js.
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