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gaearon/website — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2024-05-24

31JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · moderate

TL;DR

The source for the Yarn package manager's public website, a static site built with Jekyll that documents Yarn and is deployed on Netlify.

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  root((yarn website))
    What it does
      Public Yarn site
      Docs and marketing
      Static HTML output
    Tech stack
      Jekyll
      Bundler
      Netlify hosting
    Use cases
      Edit documentation
      Fix typos
      Preview locally
    Audience
      Yarn maintainers
      Contributors

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Update Yarn's documentation pages or fix typos on the public website.

REASON 2

Preview changes to the Yarn website locally before opening a pull request.

REASON 3

Refresh the site's design or marketing content to match the current Yarn tool.

What's in the stack?

JekyllJavaScriptBundler

How it stacks up

gaearon/websiteforgetmeai/freedeepseekapimattpocock/boilersuit
Stars313131
LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Last pushed2024-05-242018-10-26
MaintenanceDormantDormant
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatemoderate
Complexity2/53/53/5
Audiencedevelopergeneraldeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Windows users can't use the standard build command and must run Jekyll commands manually instead.

License details not mentioned in the explanation.

Wtf does this do

This repository holds the website for Yarn, a package manager, a tool that developers use to download and manage code libraries for their projects. If you've ever used npm or pip, Yarn does something similar but with some different features and design choices. The website itself is a static site, meaning it's built from source files that get converted into plain HTML pages. It uses Jekyll, a tool that takes simple text files and templates and turns them into a finished website. To get the site running locally on your computer, you clone the repository, install the required dependencies (using Bundler and Jekyll), and then run a command to preview it. On Windows machines, the instructions are slightly different because the standard build command doesn't work, so developers have to run the Jekyll commands manually instead. The main audience for this repository would be Yarn maintainers and contributors who want to update the website, adding documentation, fixing typos, or refreshing the design. Anyone who works on the Yarn project itself might need to make changes here to keep the public-facing documentation and marketing content in sync with the actual tool. The README is fairly minimal and doesn't go into detail about the site's structure or deployment process, though it does give a shout-out to Netlify for hosting the finished website. For someone looking to contribute or understand how the site works beyond just running it locally, you'd probably need to explore the repository's folder structure or look for additional documentation elsewhere.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Help me set up this Jekyll-based website locally using Bundler so I can preview changes before submitting a pull request.
Prompt 2
I'm on Windows and the standard build command isn't working for this Jekyll site, walk me through running the Jekyll commands manually.
Prompt 3
Show me how to add a new documentation page to a Jekyll site structured like Yarn's website repo.
Prompt 4
Explain how a Jekyll site like this gets deployed to Netlify after changes are merged.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is website?

The source for the Yarn package manager's public website, a static site built with Jekyll that documents Yarn and is deployed on Netlify.

What language is website written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes Jekyll, JavaScript, Bundler.

Is website actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2024-05-24).

What license does website use?

License details not mentioned in the explanation.

How hard is website to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is website for?

Mainly developer.

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