--- title: HydePHP: Static Site Generator for Laravel Developers description: HydePHP is a static site generator built for PHP and Laravel developers, using Laravel Zero and the Hyde framework under the hood. It lets you create fast... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hydephp-static-site-generator-for-laravel-developers-8jrcahcfi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HydePHP: Static Site Generator for Laravel Developers | daily.dev og:description: HydePHP is a static site generator built for PHP and Laravel developers, using Laravel Zero and the Hyde framework under the hood. 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Content is authored in Markdown with front matter, and the final output is plain HTML in a _site folder. While it shares familiar syntax with Laravel (Blade, Tailwind), it uses its own CLI commands rather than Artisan, which may require a small learning curve. It's well-suited for building documentation or landing pages for PHP packages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is HydePHP and how does it differ from a regular Laravel package? HydePHP is a static site generator built with composer create-project rather than installed as a package into an existing Laravel app. It runs on the Laravel Zero framework plus its own Hyde framework, uses commands like 'hyde serve' and 'php hyde make:post' instead of artisan, and compiles markdown and blade content into static HTML in a _site folder. _Developers evaluating static site generators for their PHP packages can compare options like this via daily.dev._ ### How do you create documentation pages in HydePHP? Documentation pages are created with the 'php hyde make:page' command using the docs type, then written in markdown with front matter, similar to blog posts. Navigation for these docs pages, shown as a left-hand menu, can be configured through the front matter as well, and the compiled result becomes part of the static _site output. _Laravel developers deciding how to structure package docs can track workflows like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Laravel News](https://daily.dev/posts/laravel-news-h9kqyx8ry) · Laravel News · 52 upvotes · 4 comments - [Version-Controlled Documentation Inside Your Laravel App with Laradocs](https://daily.dev/posts/version-controlled-documentation-inside-your-laravel-app-with-laradocs-jk21vslab) · Laravel News · 45 upvotes · 8 comments - [A 450 KB static site generator based on Markdown and Lua](https://daily.dev/posts/a-450-kb-static-site-generator-based-on-markdown-and-lua-zcadcx0pu) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Fast CLI static site generator I've been working on](https://daily.dev/posts/fast-cli-static-site-generator-i-ve-been-working-on-xmgbiv6jy) · Awesome Go · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Sidecar Brings Statamic's Control Panel to Your Existing Markdown Sites](https://daily.dev/posts/sidecar-brings-statamic-s-control-panel-to-your-existing-markdown-sites-9k77v2dly) · Laravel News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel), [#markdown](https://daily.dev/tags/markdown) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hydephp-static-site-generator-for-laravel-developers-8jrcahcfi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"HydePHP: Static Site Generator for Laravel Developers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hydephp-static-site-generator-for-laravel-developers-8jrcahcfi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hydephp-static-site-generator-for-laravel-developers-8jrcahcfi"},"datePublished":"2026-07-14T09:12:58.819Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:25:59.312Z","description":"HydePHP is a static site generator built for PHP and Laravel developers, using Laravel Zero and the Hyde framework under the hood. 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