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moonwalk-hugo — Hugo Starter Template

By ArkhamCookie

moonwalk-hugo is a blog theme that ports the moonwalk theme to Hugo, offering light and dark modes, data-driven content, and multiple list layouts.

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Light/dark theme: follows the browser theme automatically and provides a manual toggle button

Data-driven content: configurable in the data/ directory

Configurable sections: show or hide via data/config.toml

List layouts support vertical, horizontal, and card forms

Responsive design, mobile-friendly

States full compatibility with GitHub Pages

Template Details

moonwalk-hugo is a Hugo theme maintained by ArkhamCookie that ports abhinavs' moonwalk theme to Hugo. It targets blog use cases with a clean layout and supports light and dark modes: it can follow the browser theme automatically and also provides a manual toggle button. Content can be configured in a data-driven way through the data/ directory, and sections can be shown or hidden in data/config.toml. Lists support vertical, horizontal, and card styles, and pages are responsive and mobile-friendly. The theme states full compatibility with GitHub Pages, and the repository uses the MIT license.

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Use Cases

Building a personal blog focused on articles
Sites that need automatic or manual light and dark mode switching
Managing site configuration and content sections centrally with data files
Static sites deployed to GitHub Pages

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Developers building blogs with Hugo
Writers who prefer a clean layout and light/dark themes
Site maintainers who need data-driven configuration and hideable sections
Users planning to host their site on GitHub Pages

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Content and section configuration are located in the data/ directory, and section visibility is set in data/config.toml
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The repository uses the MIT license; when distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, retain the copyright and license notice

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Source platforms: Hugo Themes
Documentation and maintenance reference score: More documented · 83 / 100
Technologies: Hugo
Website type: Starter

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# moonwalk

![moonwalk screenshots (of both modes)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArkhamCookie/moonwalk-hugo/refs/heads/main/images/tn.png)

A [Hugo](https://gohugo.io) port of the [moonwalk theme](https://github.com/abhinavs/moonwalk).
Moonwalk is a fast and minimalistic blog theme with a clean layout.
You can see Moonwalk live by visting its [demo site](https://arkhamcookie.github.io/moonwalk-hugo).

## Features

- **Light/dark Theme** (automatic theme switch based on browser theme and theme-switch button)
- **Data-driven Content** (configurable in `data/`)
- **Configurable Sections** (show/hide sections through `data/config.toml`)
- **Vertical, Horizontal, and Card Lists**
- **Responsive and Mobile Friendly**
- **Easy to extend**
- **Fully compatible with GitHub Pages**

## Contributing

Bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests are welcome on [GitHub](https://github.com/ArkhamCookie/moonwalk-hugo)!
See the [contributing documenation](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more info.

## Attributions

- [abhinavs](https://github.com/abhinavs) for creating the [original moonwalk theme](https://github.com/abhinavs/moonwalk)
- [Salma Alam-Naylor](https://whitep4nth3r.com/) for their [tutorial toggle theme in JavaScript](https://whitep4nth3r.com/blog/best-light-dark-mode-theme-toggle-javascript/)
- [The Hugo Forum](https://discourse.gohugo.io/) for helping with issues

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