JekyllBear
An easy to use, minimal, text focused Jekyll theme
Overview
JekyllBear is a minimal and text-focused Jekyll theme that aims to provide users with an easy-to-use blogging platform. It is a port of the Bear Blog theme, with some additional tweaks. The theme allows users to host their blog on GitHub Pages while maintaining the same awesome look and feel of the original Bear Blog. With JekyllBear, users can worry less about the style and focus more on their writing. The theme is designed to look great on any device and offers fast-loading pages that are optimized for performance.
Features
- Minimal and text-focused design
- Optimized for performance with a 100 on PageSpeed Insights
- No trackers, ads, or scripts for a minimal experience
- Auto light and dark themes for improved readability
- Tag support for easy filtering of blog pages
- Quick and easy setup process (15 minutes)
- Gallery view for showcasing images
- Code highlighting for better presentation of code snippets
Summary
JekyllBear is a minimal Jekyll theme that offers a text-focused and easy-to-use blogging platform. It is a port of the Bear Blog theme, with some additional tweaks. With JekyllBear, users can easily set up their blog using GitHub Pages and focus on their writing without worrying about the style. The theme is optimized for performance, offers tag support for filtering, and includes features like auto light and dark themes, gallery view for images, and code highlighting. Installing the theme is a straightforward process, either through the Gemfile or by manually copying over the necessary content and configurations. JekyllBear is available as open source under the MIT License.
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