# luago Static website generator written in Lua > Still in development > Please don't use for production yet > There are a lot of work to do ## what it does - reads .md files in that directory and create html files - transforms basic markdown syntax to html styling ### features - read all md files - check if index.md and index.html files are exists (if not stop with error) - read options section on every md file - clear public/ directory and create if not exists - create html files using same name template html file - if there are no html file for that md file, use index.html - {{pageContent}}, {{pageTitle}} and {{list:}}-{{:list}} shortcodes - list.item.