Adapted from hugo-bearblog, retaining the minimalist Bear Blog style
hugo-grizzlyblog — Hugo Portfolio Template
By andysit1
A Hugo theme adapted from the Bear Blog style for personal websites and blogs, including a homepage, standalone pages, and blog post structure, under the MIT license.
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Supports three content types: homepage, standalone pages, and blog posts
Includes an exampleSite directory whose content can be copied to quickly set up a site
Provides actual page screenshot previews for desktop, mobile, and inner pages
Includes a standard MIT license file, permitting modification and commercial use
Template Details
hugo-grizzlyblog is a Hugo theme adapted by Andy Sit from hugo-bearblog for building personal websites. The name Grizzly Bear continues the Bear Blog naming style; the repository description states that this is a custom theme continuously updated for the author's personal website and adjusted as that site evolves.
In terms of content structure, the theme distinguishes three types of content: homepage content is controlled by content/_index.md, standalone pages are created with hugo new my-new-page.md, and blog posts are created with hugo new blog/my-new-post.md. The repository includes an exampleSite directory, and new sites can copy its content as a starting point. The demo site is andysit.com, where the desktop homepage, mobile homepage, and project index inner page can be viewed.
The theme is built on Hugo. Installation involves cloning the repository into the Hugo site's themes/hugo-grizzlyblog directory and then adjusting the hugo.toml configuration. The clone command URL given in the README does not match the current repository address, so the repository address should be used in practice. The repository does not provide a dependency list, so specific Hugo versions or third-party component versions are not listed here.
Regarding licensing, the repository includes a standard MIT license file, permitting free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code, provided the copyright notice and license notice are retained when distributing. The licensing of third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be verified separately; external services such as domains and hosting may incur costs.
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Use Cases
- Building a personal website homepage and self-introduction page
- Publishing blog posts organized by time
- Quickly initializing a Hugo site using exampleSite as a starting point
Suitable For
- Developers building personal blogs or portfolio sites with Hugo
- Users who want to freely modify the theme code under the MIT license
- Those who prefer a minimalist, text-focused blog layout
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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Clone the theme into the Hugo site's themes/hugo-grizzlyblog directory and adjust hugo.toml accordingly
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The clone command URL in the README does not match the repository address; use the repository address instead
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New sites can copy the contents of the exampleSite directory as starting content
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Homepage content is modified via content/_index.md; pages and posts are created with the hugo new command respectively
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Before use, verify the licensing of third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons separately
License & source material
Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version in the public repository under the MIT license; the free scope applies to this version of the code and does not mean that external services or third-party assets are free.
Must comply with when using
- Permits free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code.
- When distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the original author's copyright notice and the full MIT license notice.
- The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.
Additional costs & items to verify
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked under their respective licenses and cannot be judged solely by the code's MIT license.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur additional charges.
- This theme is customized by the author for a personal website and is adjusted as the author's personal site evolves; its update pace depends on changes to the author's personal site and it is not independently maintained for general-purpose scenarios.
- The demo site is the author's personal website andysit.com; viewing the actual effect requires visiting that external site.
- The clone command URL given in the README (my-hugo-theme) does not match the current repository address; installing with that command may fail, so the actual repository address should be used.
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge
Original License Text
This theme is my custom theme I will be building over hugo bear blogs. Updated regularly whenever my personal website is updated.
Original README
For a current & working demo of this theme, please check out http://www.andysit.com/ 🎯.
Original README
https://github.com/andysit1/hugo-grizzlyblog/blob/main/LICENSEhttps://github.com/andysit1/hugo-grizzlyblog/blob/main/README.mdgit https://github.com/andysit1/my-hugo-theme.git themes/hugo-grizzlyblog
Original README
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 73 / 100
- Technologies
- Hugo
- Website type
- Portfolio · Blog
How this score is calculated
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- Repository update recorded
- 2024-08-17
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-11
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2026-10-11T21:46:08.205Z
Source file / repository# Hugo ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Grizzly Bear Blog  🧸 A [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/)-theme based on [Bear Blog](https://bearblog.dev). > Free, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging. This theme is my custom theme I will be building over hugo bear blogs. Updated regularly whenever my personal website is updated. ## Demo For a current & working demo of this theme, please check out http://www.andysit.com/ 🎯. ## Installation If you already have a Hugo site on your machine, you can simply add this theme via ```bash git https://github.com/andysit1/my-hugo-theme.git themes/hugo-grizzlyblog ``` Then, adjust the `hugo.toml` as detailed below. For more information, read the official [setup guide][hugo-setup-guide] of Hugo. ## Content & structure ### Starting fresh If you are starting fresh, simply copy over the contents of the `exampleSite`-directory included in this theme to your source directory. That should give you a good idea about how things work, and then you can go on from there to make the site your own. ### Adding / editing content #### Index-Page The contents of the `index`-page may be changed by editing your `content/_index.md`-file. #### Page You can add **a new page** via running ```bash hugo new my-new-page.md ``` #### Blog-Post You can add **a new blog-post** via running ```bash hugo new blog/my-new-post.md ``` ## Special Thanks 🎁 A special thank you goes out to ... [Jan](https://themes.gohugo.io/themes/hugo-bearblog/), for creating hugo bear blog. [Herman](https://herman.bearblog.dev), for creating the original [ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Bear Blog](https://bearblog.dev/). ## License [MIT License](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License) © [Andy Sit](http://www.andysit.com) [hugo-setup-guide]: https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing
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