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+# Personal static frontpage
+
+This is what I use to build my static personal frontpage accessible from the
+[clearnet](https://monotremata.xyz) and from the [tor network](http://zswm576cm7wgmgcwluy4l4ixkfasj25taqbn2r5pnrrj552l263ff2qd.onion).
+
+I use Jinja2 templates for the HTML content and Sass for the styling. GNU make
+is used to automate the build.
+
+The result are simple static HTML files with embedded CSS.
+
+I build two separate versions: one for the clearnet and another for the tor
+network. The only difference between both versions is the domain name used in
+the links.
+
+## Why
+
+My site is simple enough that using a proper static site generator would have
+been overkill, but I still wanted something easier to maintain than directly
+writing HTML by hand. So a templating system like Jinja2 is a nice compromise.
+
+## Build dependencies
+
+There's a zero chance than anyone other than me would want to build this, and
+I'm already keeping track of that using a Nix Flake. But still:
+* GNU Make: used to automate the build
+* GNU findutils: my Makefile uses `find` and makes use of some of its GNU
+extensions, so POSIX-compliant find wouldn't be enough
+* j2cli: to render the Jinja templates
+* sassc: to convert the Sass files into CSS
+* html-tidy: to validate and tidy up the resulting HTML files a bit
+* rsync: to copy the result to my public web server