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24 alternatives to Hydejack 8

"Best Jekyll Theme by a Mile"

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hydejack 8 launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Hydejack▲4
A Jekyll theme with JavaScript powers.
2017 · hydejack.com · its alternatives →
2
Hydejack 9▲2
A boutique Jekyll theme for hackers, nerds, and academics.
2020 · hydejack.com · its alternatives →
3
Jekyll Themes▲101
A curated directory of the best Jekyll themes around
2018 · jekyllthemes.io · its alternatives →
4
A no-nonsense Jekyll theme for sensible blogging▲57
:art: A ridiculously elegant Jekyll theme. Contribute to amitmerchant1990/reverie development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
A clean and minimalist theme for Jekyll▲220
A clean and minimalist theme for Jekyll. Contribute to huangyz0918/moving development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
6
Using Google AMP to build a Medium-style Jekyll site that loads in 65ms▲279
A Jekyll html theme in the vague style of Medium.com built using Google AMP - ageitgey/amplify
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
My ridiculously over-engineered Jekyll theme▲8
A boutique Jekyll theme for hackers, nerds, and academics, with a focus on personal sites that are meant to impress.
2018 · hydejack.com · its alternatives →
8
Hemingway▲109
An elegant blog theme built with Astro, Tailwind CSS & MDX
2023 · lexingtonthemes.com · its alternatives →
9
Jekyll-Markdown▲75
An elegant markdown blog generator using Jekyll
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
10
Pixyll, a minimal, mobile-first Jekyll theme▲33
A simple, beautiful theme for Jekyll that emphasizes content rather than aesthetic fluff.
2014 · pixyll.com · its alternatives →
11
A simple, beautiful, and powerful Jekyll theme for blogs▲9
A simple, beautiful, and powerful Jekyll theme for blogs. - vszhub/not-pure-poole
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
Code Notes – A Gatsby theme for publishing code-related notes▲151
A Gatsby theme for publishing code-related notes and snippets
2020 · zander.wtf · its alternatives →
13
Simplexity Blog▲109
An elegant blog theme built with Astro, Tailwind CSS & MDX
2023 · lexingtonthemes.com · its alternatives →
14
Classy Blogger▲85
WordPress theme for bloggers
2023 · wordpress.org · its alternatives →
15
OneFlow Jekyll Theme▲7
Effortlessly craft stunning OnePager Websites
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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My first opensource Jekyll theme – Mickey (one column, responsive)▲9
A minimal one-column theme for Jekyll. . Contribute to vincentchan/mickey development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
Jekyll 2.0▲126
Transform your plain text into static websites and blogs.
2014 · jekyllrb.com · its alternatives →
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Jekyll SEO script▲30
A script to help with seo on jekyll blog posts. Contribute to bhardin/jekyll-seo-script development by creating an account on GitHub.
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The US Government official Jekyll theme▲5
Showcases the U.S. Web Design System. Links to github & demo
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
20AS
A super clean Jekyll blog theme optimized for speed▲6
A blog on PHP, JavaScript, and more
2020 · amitmerchant.com · its alternatives →
21
Bulma-Clean-Theme▲3
A clean and simple Jekyll theme built with Bulma
2020 · csrhymes.com · its alternatives →
22
Reverie▲7
A ridiculously elegant Jekyll theme.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
23
Jekyll Curate▲2
A premium portfolio theme for Jekyll
2022 · zerostatic.io · its alternatives →
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Tailpages (Tailwind + Github Pages)▲12
A Minimalist Jekyll Template for Personal Websites
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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