wtf is bookwormblog?

bmschmidt/bookwormblog — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2015-05-22

★ 4HTMLAudience · researcherComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · moderate

Mindmap

mindmap
  root((repo))
    What it does
      Interactive charts in posts
      Markdown blog template
      Live data queries
    Tech stack
      HTML
      Hakyll
      Bootstrap
      Bookworm
    Use cases
      Publish text analysis findings
      Academic research blogs
      HathiTrust installations
    Audience
      Researchers
      Digital humanists
      Data enthusiasts
    Why this approach
      Transparency
      Fast publishing
      Reusable design

mindmap root((repo)) What it does Interactive charts in posts Markdown blog template Live data queries Tech stack HTML Hakyll Bootstrap Bookworm Use cases Publish text analysis findings Academic research blogs HathiTrust installations Audience Researchers Digital humanists Data enthusiasts Why this approach Transparency Fast publishing Reusable design

Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Publish a blog post with an interactive chart readers can filter and explore.

REASON 2

Share text-analysis findings alongside the live data instead of static screenshots.

REASON 3

Set up an institutional blog for a HathiTrust or personal Bookworm installation.

REASON 4

Let readers verify research conclusions by querying the underlying data themselves.

What's in the stack?

HTMLHakyllBootstrapBookworm

How it stacks up

	bmschmidt/bookwormblog	asabeneh/speaksuomi	carter54git/build-engine-games-web-showcase
Stars	4	4	4
Language	HTML	HTML	HTML
Last pushed	2015-05-22	2026-05-29	—
Maintenance	Dormant	Maintained	—
Setup difficulty	moderate	easy	hard
Complexity	3/5	1/5	3/5
Audience	researcher	general	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 1h+

Requires a running Bookworm database installation to fetch data from.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1

Help me set up this Hakyll blog template with a Bookworm data source for my research.

Prompt 2

Show me how to embed an interactive chart code block into a markdown post using this template.

Prompt 3

Explain how this template connects markdown posts to a Bookworm text-analysis database.

Prompt 4

Adapt this Bootstrap-based blog template for my own digital humanities project.

Frequently asked questions