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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Shpadoinkle Static, I think I know exactly what it means
+Copyright © 2019 Isaac Shpaira
+All rights reserved.
+
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+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Shpadoinkle Backend Static
+
+
+[![Goldwater](https://gitlab.com/fresheyeball/Shpadoinkle/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.com/fresheyeball/Shpadoinkle-backend-static)
+[![Hackage](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/Shpadoinkle-backend-static.svg)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/Shpadoinkle-backend-static)
+[![Hackage Deps](https://img.shields.io/hackage-deps/v/Shpadoinkle-backend-static.svg)](http://packdeps.haskellers.com/reverse/Shpadoinkle-backend-static)
+[![Hackage CI](https://matrix.hackage.haskell.org/api/v2/packages/Shpadoinkle-backend-static/badge)](https://matrix.hackage.haskell.org/#/package/Shpadoinkle-backend-static)
+
+This module provides a static rendering backend that translates Shpadoinkle `Html` into `Text`.
+
+For example
+
+```haskell
+page :: Html' a
+page = h "div" [ ("class", PText "header" ) ]
+  [ h "h1" [] [ text "Trappers!" ] ]
+
+main = putStrLn $ unpack $ renderStatic page
+```
+
+will output
+
+```html
+<div class="header"><h1>Trappers!</h1></div>
+```
diff --git a/Shpadoinkle-backend-static.cabal b/Shpadoinkle-backend-static.cabal
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+cabal-version: 1.12
+
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.32.0.
+--
+-- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
+--
+-- hash: 5590704ab7a49919350e8e04d7f232fe9b8684d70c22468511488f4a2906c8c3
+
+name:           Shpadoinkle-backend-static
+version:        0.0.0.1
+synopsis:       A backend for rendering Shpadoinkle as Text.
+description:    Shpadoinkle's static backend, renders Html as Text. Event listeners are ignored. This is useful when rendering on the server, or for static site generation.
+category:       Web
+author:         Isaac Shapira
+maintainer:     fresheyeball@protonmail.com
+license:        BSD3
+license-file:   LICENSE
+build-type:     Simple
+extra-source-files:
+    README.md
+    CHANGELOG.md
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:
+      Shpadoinkle.Backend.Static
+  other-modules:
+      Paths_Shpadoinkle_backend_static
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      ./.
+  ghc-options: -Wall -Wcompat -fwarn-redundant-constraints -fwarn-incomplete-uni-patterns -fwarn-tabs -fwarn-incomplete-record-updates -fwarn-identities
+  build-depends:
+      Shpadoinkle <0.1
+    , base >=4.12.0 && <4.13
+    , compactable >=0.1.2 && <0.2
+    , text >=1.2.3 && <1.3
+  default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/Shpadoinkle/Backend/Static.hs b/Shpadoinkle/Backend/Static.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+
+module Shpadoinkle.Backend.Static ( renderStatic ) where
+
+
+import           Control.Compactable
+import           Data.Monoid         ((<>))
+import           Data.Text
+
+import           Shpadoinkle         hiding (name, props, text)
+
+
+renderStatic :: Html m a -> Text
+renderStatic = \case
+  Node tag props _ | isSelfClosing tag
+                     -> renderSelfClosing tag props
+  Node tag props cs  -> renderWrapping tag props cs
+  Potato _           -> mempty
+  TextNode t         -> t
+
+
+isSelfClosing :: Text -> Bool
+isSelfClosing = flip elem
+  [ "area", "base", "br", "embed", "hr", "iframe"
+  , "img", "input", "link", "meta", "param", "source", "track" ]
+
+
+renderWrapping :: Text -> [(Text, Prop m a)] -> [Html m a] -> Text
+renderWrapping tag props cs = renderOpening tag props <> ">"
+  <> mconcat (renderStatic <$> cs) <> "</" <> tag <> ">"
+
+
+renderSelfClosing :: Text -> [(Text, Prop m a)] -> Text
+renderSelfClosing tag props = renderOpening tag props <> " />"
+
+
+renderOpening :: Text -> [(Text, Prop m a)] -> Text
+renderOpening tag props = let ps = renderProps props in
+  "<" <> tag <> (if Data.Text.null ps then mempty else " " <> ps)
+
+
+renderProps :: [(Text, Prop m a)] -> Text
+renderProps = Data.Text.unwords . fmapMaybe (uncurry renderProp)
+
+
+renderProp :: Text -> Prop m a -> Maybe Text
+renderProp name = \case
+  PListener _ -> Nothing
+  PText t     -> Just $ name <> "=\"" <> t <> "\""
+  PFlag True  -> Just name
+  PFlag False -> Nothing
+