---
model: article
title: Welcome to Labyricorn
slug: welcome
route: /articles/welcome/
date: 2026-07-23
status: published
summary: Why the first deployment is intentionally small and locally hosted.
tags:
  - labyricorn
  - publishing
  - git
---

Labyricorn is a configuration-first, Git-driven site builder. Repositories
provide content and configuration; the builder turns those sources into a
coherent website; the generated local site is the canonical runtime copy.

This initial deployment focuses on one honest workflow:

1. synchronize this repository;
2. read its Labyricorn configuration;
3. discover its Markdown documents;
4. render the configured website;
5. publish the result locally;
6. report what actually happened.

Additional publishing targets can be added after that workflow is dependable.