urtil


urtil is a little tool that generates html pages, similar to the "New Tab" page of Firefox.

When you provide it with a list of webpages like this: 

github.com
npmjs.com

It will generate an html page that looks like this:

example config

Some notes on the config file from the main example:

example

@                      . ts 300 . fg #fff . bg #555 
tiles                  . html   . refresh
    @                  . tw 300 . th 210  . bg #7fc4d2
    github.com         . -
    atom.io             
    electron.atom.io   . -
    nodejs.org          
    npmjs.com          . -
    gulpjs.com           
    gruntjs.com        . -

The first line is the main page setup: 300 pixel square tiles with custom page and title colors.

The second line creates a local html file with the title tiles.

The tiles page has tiles of size 300x210 and a custom background color.

. - means: center the preceeding tiles and move the next tile to a new line.

useless

useless
    heeeeeeeey.com                                    
    thatsthefinger.com                                
    eelslap.com                                       
    www.staggeringbeauty.com                          
    www.republiquedesmangues.fr                       
    www.movenowthinklater.com                         
    www.koalastothemax.com                            
    grandpanoclothes.com                              
...

This list contains a subset of the links from Tim Holmans useless-web.

No config section was neccessary here because the defaults are suitable for larger link collections.

monsterkodi

monsterkodi                 . html . - . refresh 
    @                       . bg #444 . fg #fff . ts 300 . title off
    monsterkodi.net         . image ../monsterkodi.net.png
    monsterkodi.github.io
                            -
    github.com/monsterkodi
    npmjs.com/~monsterkodi                      
                            -
    projects                . html . - . sh 960 . !
        @                   . bg #333 . fg white . ts 250

        monsterkodi.github.io/urtil             
        monsterkodi.github.io/password-turtle
        monsterkodi.github.io/knix
                            -
        www.npmjs.com/package/strudl
        www.npmjs.com/package/sds
        www.npmjs.com/package/noon
                            -
        www.npmjs.com/package/color-ls
        www.npmjs.com/package/colorcat
        www.npmjs.com/package/konrad
                            -

The image keyword (3rd line) can be used to provide an image in case the website doesn't render with the underlying webshot.

Titles are shown by default on hover. title off turns them off completely. title on would show them always.

If urtil has created a thumbnail image for a webpage in previous runs, it doesn't regenerate it by default. The refresh keyword forces it to regenerate the thumbnail on every run.

These config values are available: