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gatsby-starter-fractal — Gatsby Starter Template

By anubhavsrivastava

A Gatsby starter template built on the Fractal design from HTML5 UP, with site title, heading text, and social links configured centrally in config.js.

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Page design originates from the Fractal theme by HTML5 UP

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Site title, main and sub headings, and social links are configured centrally in config.js

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Includes a deployment script based on the gh-pages module for publishing to GitHub Pages

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Provides a pathPrefix setting for hosting under a domain subpath

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MIT license; code can be used, modified, commercially used, and distributed free of charge

Template Details

This is a Gatsby starter template whose page visuals come from the Fractal theme by HTML5 UP. Repository materials show a tech stack of Gatsby and HTML; the README title says Gatsby.js V4 while the template metadata description says V2, and the two are inconsistent, so no specific version conclusion is given here.

Template personalization is concentrated in config.js at the project root: you can set siteTitle (the page title), heading and subHeading, and the socialLinks array (each item contains icon, name, and url, with examples using Font Awesome icon class names). The README does not describe page structure or content organization beyond the homepage, nor does it list dependencies, so the specific plugins and styling implementation cannot be confirmed.

For deployment, package.json includes a script that uses the gh-pages module; running npm run deploy publishes to GitHub Pages. config.js also has a pathPrefix setting for cases where the site is hosted under a domain subpath; if hosted as a root site, that setting must be removed.

Before use, install the Gatsby CLI globally, then use gatsby new with the repository address to create the project, enter the directory, and run npm install and gatsby develop. The license is MIT, permitting use, modification, commercial use, and distribution, but third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately for their licenses.

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Is it right for your project?

Use Cases

  • Quickly build a single-page site focused on personal introduction or portfolio display with Gatsby
  • Migrate the static Fractal design from HTML5 UP into a Gatsby component-based development workflow
  • Projects that need to be published to GitHub Pages and may be hosted under a domain subpath
  • Serve as a starting example for learning Gatsby project structure and config.js configuration

Suitable For

  • Front-end developers familiar with npm and basic Gatsby CLI commands
  • Personal site authors who want to keep the HTML5 UP visual style but build with Gatsby
  • Users who need to deploy the site to GitHub Pages

Getting started & customization

Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.

  1. 1

    First install the Gatsby CLI globally: npm install --global gatsby-cli

  2. 2

    Create the project with gatsby new <site-name> <repository-address>, then run npm install and gatsby develop

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    Edit config.js to fill in siteTitle, heading, subHeading, and socialLinks

  4. 4

    When hosting under a domain subpath, keep and modify pathPrefix; when hosting as a root site, remove that setting

  5. 5

    Run npm run deploy to publish to GitHub Pages via gh-pages

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Usage conditions & limitations

Free to use · keep license notice

This entry covers the free version under the MIT license in the public repository; the free scope applies to that version's code and does not mean external services or third-party assets are free.

Must comply with when using

  • Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of that version's code are permitted.
  • 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.

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  • Before use, the Gatsby CLI must be installed globally (npm install --global gatsby-cli), and dependencies are installed via npm, which is an external toolchain requirement.
  • The deployment script depends on the gh-pages module and publishes to GitHub Pages, requiring a GitHub account and repository.
  • When hosting under a domain subpath, pathPrefix in config.js must be modified; when hosting as a root site, that setting must be removed.
  • Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked against 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 separate charges.
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Make sure that you have the Gatsby CLI program installed

Original README

`package.json` has a default script that uses `gh-pages` module to publish on Github pages.

Original README

Change `pathPrefix` to relevant path if your gatsby site is hosted on subpath of a domain

Original README
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Template Information

Source platforms
GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score
More documented · 77 / 100
Technologies
Gatsby · HTML · React
Website type
Starter
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Source file / repository
# gatsby-starter-fractal

Gatsby.js V4 starter template based on Fractal by HTML5 UP

For an overview of the project structure please refer to the [Gatsby documentation - Building with Components](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/building-with-components/).

![Screenshot](./src/assets/img/screenshot.jpg)

Check online preview [here](https://anubhavsrivastava.github.io/gatsby-starter-fractal/)

## Screenshot

![Screenshot](./src/assets/img/demo.png)

## Install

Make sure that you have the Gatsby CLI program installed:

```sh
npm install --global gatsby-cli
```

And run from your CLI:

```sh
gatsby new <site-name> https://github.com/anubhavsrivastava/gatsby-starter-fractal
```

Then you can run it by:

```sh
cd gatsby-example-site
npm install
gatsby develop
```

### Personalization

Edit `config.js` to put up your details

```javascript
module.exports = {
  siteTitle: 'Gatsby Starter fractal', // <title>
  ...
  heading: 'Anubhav',
  subHeading: 'Web Developer',
  // social
  socialLinks: [
    {
      icon: 'fa-github',
      name: 'Github',
      url: 'https://github.com/anubhavsrivastava',
    }
    ...
  ],
};

```

### Deploying using Github page

`package.json` has a default script that uses `gh-pages` module to publish on Github pages. Simply running `npm run deploy` would publish the site on github pages.

Additionally, it also has [path-prefix](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/path-prefix/) value set for gatsby config in `config.js`. Change `pathPrefix` to relevant path if your gatsby site is hosted on subpath of a domain, `https://theanubhav.com/somePath/`. If you are hosting it as root site, i.e, `https://theanubhav.com/` , remove the pathPrefix configuration.

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### Contribution

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