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Zensical – A modern static site generator built by the Material for MkDocs team

Zensical – A modern static site generator built by the Material for MkDocs team

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·November 9, 2025
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irskep

I'm really excited by this development! Material for MkDocs has raised the quality level of so many projects' docs, my own included, by making good navigation the default. It's by far my favorite system to browse as a reader, and use as a project maintainer.

I hope the new theme allows for more customization than the old Material theme. It was really hard to create a unique brand identity within the constraints of Material; it just wasn't built with customization in mind beyond a color. The "modern" theme looks minimal in a way that gives me some hope for this.

Looking forward to kicking the tires on Zensical!

esafak

https://github.com/zensical/zensical

fishgoesblub

I was excited up until they showed what the new theme looks like. mkdocs-Material was nice in that it didn't have overly rounded corners and over travesties, a shame that custom CSS will be needed to undo the "modernisation". Overall this seems very interesting, especially the performance improvements, just a letdown visually.