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+zs
+==
+
+zs is an extremely minimal static site generator written in Go.
+
+It's inspired by `zas` generator, but is even more minimal.
+
+The name stands for 'zen static' as well as it's my initials.
+
+## Features
+
+* Zero configuration (no configuration file needed)
+* Cross-platform
+* Highly extensible
+* Easy to learn
+* Fast
+
+## Installation
+
+Download the binaries from Github or build it manually:
+
+       $ go get github.com/zserge/zs
+
+## Ideology
+
+Keep your texts in markdown format in the root directory of your blog/site.
+
+Keep all service files (extensions, layout pages, deployment scripts etc)
+in the `.zs` subdirectory.
+
+Define variables in the header of the markdown files:
+
+       title: My web site
+       keywords: best website, hello, world
+
+       Markdown text goes after a *newline*
+
+Use placeholders for variables and plugins in your markdown or html
+files, e.g. `{{ title }}`.
+
+Write extensions in any language you like and put them into the `.zs`
+subdiretory.
+
+Everything the extensions prints to stdout becomes the value of the
+placeholder.
+
+Extensions can use special environment variables, like:
+
+* `$ZS` - a path to the `zs` executable
+* `$ZS_OUTDIR` - a path to the directory with generated files
+* `$ZS_FILE` - a path to the currently processed markdown file
+* `$ZS_URL` - a URL for the currently generated page
+
+You can also pass command line arguments, e.g: `{{ my-plugin arg1 arg2 }}`
+
+## Example of RSS generation
+
+## Hooks
+
+There are two special plugin names that are executed every time the build
+happens - `pre` and `post`. You can define some global action here like compile
+your LESS to CSS etc:
+
+       # .zs/post
+
+       #!/bin/sh
+       lessc < $ZS_OUTDIR/styles.less > $ZS_OUTDIR/styles.css
+       rm -f $ZS_OUTDIR/styles.css
+
+## Command line usage
+
+`zs build` re-builds your site.
+
+`zs watch` rebuilds your site every time you modify any file.
+
+`zs var <filename> [var1 var2...]` prints a list of variables defined in the
+header of a given markdown file, or the values of certain variables (even if
+it's an empty string).
+
+## License
+
+The software is distributed under the MIT license.