Repla Server: Jekyll

Repla for macOS lets you preview your Jekyll blog, like an app, without the terminal.

Repla is available now as a public alpha.

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To setup a Jekyll blog to run like an app in Repla:

1. Download and install Repla
2. Run repla server "bundle exec jekyll serve --watch" -r "...done" from the terminal (you only need to do this once)
3. Once the Jekyll blog is running, hit ⌘S to save it to a file
4. To close Jekyll blog, just close the window
5. When you want to run it again, just double-click the file

Example