Crofty is a command-line tool. You write Markdown; it builds a website and deploys it to your own domain and your own accounts.

It does a small, specific job:

• build — render your Markdown into a static site with Hugo.
• deploy — publish that site to your own Cloudflare account.

And, in later versions, validate your files against a published spec and publish short fragments (a title and description, with a link back here) to other platforms — never the full text.

What it does not do is as deliberate as what it does. It does not write your content. It does not hold your readers, your list, or your payments. It does not talk to a server of ours, because there isn’t one. Nothing you write is sent anywhere except the host you choose.

The output is a standard Hugo project. If you ever stop using crofty, the site is still yours and still builds — there is no lock-in to leave.

This page was built and deployed by crofty. It is early, and being used in the open to find out whether the approach holds.