Jekyll-Garden

Jekyll-Garden is a Jekyll template with WikiBonsai support that turns markdown notes into a static digital garden with wikirefs, semantic trees, and graphs. It is distributed as a Ruby gem and targets writers and developers who want a Jekyll-based personal knowledge management site.

What is Jekyll-Garden?

Jekyll-Garden is a Jekyll template that adds WikiBonsai's wikirefs, semantic tree, and graph features to static site generation. It takes markdown notes formatted with [[[wikirefs]]] and outputs an HTML site with bidirectional links, a hierarchical tree view, and an interactive graph of note connections. The template runs on Jekyll, a Ruby-based static site generator, and is published on RubyGems as the jekyll-garden gem.

Key Features

• Wikirefs support — Use [[[wikirefs]]] syntax in markdown to create bidirectional internal links; the jekyll-wikirefs plugin renders them on the generated pages.
• Semantic tree — Organize notes into a navigable tree structure using the jekyll-semtree plugin, with a dedicated tree page.
• Graph view — Visualize connections between notes with an interactive graph powered by the jekyll-graph plugin.
• Plugin stack — Depends on jekyll-wikirefs, jekyll-semtree, jekyll-graph, plus jekyll-feed, jekyll-seo-tag, jekyll-sitemap, jekyll-data, and jekyll-id for standard site features.
• Structured documentation — Separate setup guides for writing notes, tinkering with the template, and reusing the code in your own projects.
• Live demo — See the template in action at jekyll-garden.netlify.app.
• Gem packaging — Install or update via RubyGems with semantic versioning shown on the gem badge.

Who is it for?

• Digital gardeners — People maintaining a second brain or PKM site who want bidirectional links and visual organization without building custom Jekyll plugins.
• Jekyll developers — Developers who need a reference implementation for wikirefs, semtree, and graph plugins in a static site.
• Semantic web experimenters — Those exploring tree-based note hierarchies and graph visualizations who want a ready-made Jekyll starting point.

What can you do with Jekyll-Garden?

• Publish a digital garden — Write markdown notes with wikirefs, run Jekyll build, and deploy a static site with linked entries.
• Explore knowledge graphs — Use the graph page to see how your notes connect and spot clusters of related topics.
• Learn WikiBonsai internals — Study the template's code to understand how the wikirefs, semantic tree, and graph plugins integrate with Jekyll.

FAQ

What is Jekyll-Garden?

Jekyll-Garden is a Jekyll template that integrates WikiBonsai's wikirefs, semantic tree, and graph plugins. It converts markdown notes with wikilinks into a static digital garden with bidirectional links and visual navigation.

Does Jekyll-Garden support wikirefs?

Yes. It includes the jekyll-wikirefs plugin, so you can use [[[wikirefs]]] syntax for bidirectional internal links in your notes.

What plugins does Jekyll-Garden depend on?

It depends on jekyll-wikirefs, jekyll-semtree, jekyll-graph, jekyll-feed, jekyll-seo-tag, jekyll-sitemap, jekyll-data, and jekyll-id.

Is there a live demo?

Yes, you can view a working example at jekyll-garden.netlify.app.

How do I install Jekyll-Garden?

Install it as a Ruby gem named jekyll-garden via RubyGems, following the setup documentation linked from the repository. The source is available on GitHub.