Minimis

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minimalistic theme for Hugo

Overview:

The minimis theme is a minimalistic theme designed for personal websites built with Hugo. Its main goal is to provide a small and focused codebase that is easy to understand and avoids unnecessary feature bloat. The theme is inspired by bearblog and hugo-bearblog, but includes additional features that the creator found missing and wanted to customize. The theme is simple and does not rely on complicated CSS frameworks or heavy dependencies. It includes a live demo and example website, as well as a GitHub Actions-based workflow for automatic deployment to GitHub Pages with a custom domain.

Features:

  • Tags and filtering: Allows users to categorize and filter content using tags.
  • Custom links in the main menu: Allows users to add custom links to the main menu of their website.
  • Google Analytics, Twitter cards: Integrates with Google Analytics for website analytics and includes support for Twitter cards.
  • RSS: Provides RSS feed functionality for users to subscribe to updates.
  • Favicons: Supports the use of favicons for branding and visual representation.
  • Math rendering with KaTeX: Integrates with KaTeX to render mathematical equations and formulas.
  • Diagram rendering with Mermaid.js: Supports the rendering of diagrams using Mermaid.js.
  • Mastodon verification: Includes functionality for Mastodon verification.

Summary:

The minimis theme is a minimalistic theme designed for personal websites built with Hugo. It provides a small and focused codebase, avoiding unnecessary feature bloat and complicated dependencies. The theme includes features such as tags and filtering, custom links in the main menu, Google Analytics integration, RSS functionality, favicons, math rendering with KaTeX, diagram rendering with Mermaid.js, and Mastodon verification. With its simple installation process and customizable configuration options, minimis is a great choice for those looking for a clean and straightforward theme for their personal websites.