@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz i think you can kinda force it to make one (this came up in a cursory search: https://gist.github.com/billywatson/8620783)
but AFAICT, yeah, it's primarily used for making web applications, and not really static sites
jekyll is very good at doing that though! and it simplifies making a site to an almost extreme degree--which will make sense after you play with it a little~