EleventyStarter

eleventy-starter — Eleventy Starter Template

By geniemouse

An experimental static site starter based on Eleventy, using Vite to bundle JavaScript and CSS, the Liquid templating language, and Bun for dependency management and unit testing.

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Uses Eleventy as the static site generator

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Uses Vite to bundle JavaScript and CSS via eleventy-plugin-vite

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Templating language is Liquid, Eleventy's default HTML templating language since 2.0

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Uses Bun for package management and unit testing

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MIT license, permitting free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of the code

Template Details

This is a personal experimental Eleventy project starter, used by the author to try out their ideal Eleventy configuration. The project uses Eleventy as the static site generator, integrates Vite through eleventy-plugin-vite to handle JavaScript and CSS bundling, and selects Liquid as the templating language (Eleventy's default HTML templating language since 2.0). Dependency management and unit testing are handled by Bun, while Eleventy itself is declared in package.json.

The Installation and Project development commands sections in the README are still marked TBC, with no concrete steps written yet, so the repository currently resembles a skeleton for configuration experiments rather than a finished template that can be followed directly from the documentation. The repository uses the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of the code, but third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate verification of their respective licenses.

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Use Cases

  • Developers who want to try the Eleventy and Vite combined bundling approach can reference the configuration
  • A starter skeleton for Eleventy using Liquid as the templating language
  • Setting up a static site and running unit tests in a Bun environment
  • As a starting point for personal experimental configuration, to be further adjusted according to one's own needs

Suitable For

  • Developers familiar with Eleventy who want to switch to Vite for handling front-end assets
  • Projects using Bun as the package management and testing tool
  • Static site projects that need the Liquid templating language
  • Users willing to complete the installation and development command documentation themselves

Getting started & customization

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    Bun must be installed first; the command given in the README is curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

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    Eleventy is already declared in package.json and does not need to be installed separately

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    The Installation section of the README is still TBC and provides no concrete steps

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    The Project development commands section of the README is still TBC

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    Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses

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Free to use · keep license notice

This entry covers the free version in the public repository under the MIT license; the free scope is the code of that version and does not mean external services or third-party assets are free.

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  • Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of that version's code are permitted.
  • When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the complete MIT license notice.
  • The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.

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  • External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur separate charges.
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Template Information

Source platforms
GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score
Partly documented · 74 / 100
Technologies
Eleventy
Website type
Starter
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Repository update recorded
2025-09-24
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Source file / repository
# GenieMouse Eleventy starter

Welcome to GenieMouse's Eleventy project starter codebase.

This is an experimental project for me to trial my ideal Eleventy set-up. Currently, this involves [Eleventy (version 3)](https://www.11ty.dev), using [Vite](https://vite.dev) for JavaScript & CSS bundling via the [`eleventy-plugin-vite`](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/server-vite/).

Let's see how this goes...

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- [GenieMouse Eleventy starter](#geniemouse-eleventy-starter)
	- [Requirements/dependencies](#requirementsdependencies)
	- [Installation](#installation)
	- [Project development commands](#project-development-commands)
	- [Eleventy](#eleventy)

## Requirements/dependencies

This project uses [Bun](https://bun.sh) and the static site generator [Eleventy](https://www.11ty.dev). Bun provides the package management and unit testing frameworks.

1. Install Bun `curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash`
2. Eleventy is included in the `package.json` configuration file

## Installation

TBC.

## Project development commands

TBC.

## Eleventy

Project uses [Liquid](https://liquidjs.com/) templating language; the default HTML templating used by Eleventy since version 2.0. (Liquid's repository is more actively maintained.)

- [Tags](https://liquidjs.com/tags/overview.html)
- [Filters](https://liquidjs.com/filters/overview.html)
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