tola-ssg
Typst-based static site generator: your whole site is one Typst program
Runssource: GitHubRustMITcommit d7febb2aed37
Rust, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: blog, cli, nushell, rust, ssg, static site generator, tola and tui.
tola-ssg runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 15 minutes and hit no errors on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Tola 0.8.2-pre.1 builds, launches all CLI commands, and all 318 unit tests pass on Ubuntu 24.04 x86_64
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page. Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
- Install time
- 15 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 18 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 0 hit, 0 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- cargo test --locked exited 0, 318 passed 0 failed; tola --help returned usage; tola version returned tola 0.8.2-pre.1
- Model tokens used
- 33,927
- Exact commit tested
- d7febb2aed37
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
Let me get a more precise install time. exec /bin/sh -lc '. "$HOME/.cargo/env" && cd /work/repo && cargo build --locked 2>&1 | grep -E '"'Finish… exec /bin/sh -lc '. "$HOME/.cargo/env" && cd /work/repo && ls -la target/debug/tola 2>/dev/null' in /wor… succeeded in 0ms: -rwxrwxr-x 2 runner runner 1249326368 Nov 10 08:00 target/debug/tola All verified end-to-end. Here's the final report. 2026-11-10T08:02:36.515138Z ERROR codex_core::session: failed to record rollout items: thread 01a1c… tokens used 33,927 All verified end-to-end. Here's the final report.
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Nothing broke on the way: zero errors between clone and running.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Took 15 minutes to install, slower than the median of the 10 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
Of the 11 blog projects Argusic has installed and timed, tola-ssg was the 9th fastest to reach a running state, and 11 of 11 reached one at all.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
- Following its own README: the documented path worked with nothing to fix.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
blogclinushellrustssgstatic-site-generatortolatuitypsttypst-bundletypst-html
Embed the badge
Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/tola-ssg)Questions
- Does tola-ssg run?
- Yes. tola-ssg runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 15 minutes, hitting 0 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test tola-ssg?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit d7febb2aed37. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test tola-ssg?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.07: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does tola-ssg take to install?
- 15 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does tola-ssg need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing tola-ssg?
- Nothing did, in the recorded run: zero errors between clone and running.
- How does tola-ssg compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 11 blog projects Argusic has installed and timed, tola-ssg was the 9th fastest to reach a running state, and 11 of 11 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for tola-ssg?
- The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.