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ezium — Hugo Blog Template

By carlinmack

ezium is a Hugo blog theme that merges the styles of Ezhil and Lithium, offering a clean interface, dark mode, tags, and syntax highlighting.

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Style merges the Ezhil and Lithium Hugo themes

Dark mode follows user preference and supports manual toggle

Responsive layout adapts to different screen widths

Supports tags and code syntax highlighting

Outputs Hugo's native RSS feed

MIT licensed, free to use, modify, and distribute

Template Details

ezium is a Hugo blog theme developed by carlinmack. The README states that its style merges the Ezhil and Lithium themes. The theme targets personal blogs, providing a clean page layout, support for dark mode (following system preference with manual toggle), responsive layout, tags, syntax highlighting, and Hugo's built-in RSS output.

Installation involves cloning the repository into the themes directory of a Hugo site. Basic configuration only requires setting baseURL, languageCode, title, and theme in the site configuration. The README also notes that many Ezhil configuration options may still work, but the author does not guarantee compatibility and does not plan to support additional features such as social media links; users must modify the code themselves if needed.

The theme is MIT licensed. Third-party assets included in the repository, such as demo screenshots and fonts (iA Writer Quattro, Spectral), must be checked separately under their respective licenses. The repository was last updated in 2020, with no further maintenance status provided.

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Use Cases

Building a personal blog with Hugo and wanting a clean default appearance
Blog sites that need dark mode and a responsive reading experience
Users who want to modify an existing theme and are willing to adjust code themselves
Writing-focused blogs that need tag categorization and code highlighting

Suitable For

Personal blog authors using Hugo
Sites preferring minimalist typography and dark mode
Developers willing to modify theme code as needed
Content sites that need RSS output

Getting started & customization

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Install by running git clone https://github.com/carlinmack/ezium.git in the themes directory of a Hugo site
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Set baseURL, languageCode, title, and theme = "ezium" in the site configuration
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Some Ezhil configuration options may work, but the author does not guarantee compatibility; check the code yourself
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The theme does not plan to support features such as social media links; implement them yourself if needed
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Third-party assets such as demo images and fonts must be checked separately under their respective licenses

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Free to use, modify, commercially use, and distribute the code of this version.
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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Many Ezhil configuration options may work, but the author does not guarantee compatibility; you need to read and modify the code yourself. The author does not plan to support features such as social media links; implement them yourself if needed.
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Many configuration features of Ezhil will work but be prepared to dig into the code if they don't. I'm not planning to support features like social media links etc.
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Template Information

Source platforms: GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score: Less documented · 45 / 100
Technologies: Hugo
Website type: Blog

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Repository update recorded: 2020-08-09
Screenshot last checked: 2026-10-02

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# Ezium

A simple blog theme that merges the style of [Ezhil](https://github.com/vividvilla/ezhil) and [Lithium](https://github.com/jrutheiser/hugo-lithium-theme)

## Demo

[View demo](https://carlinmack.com/blog/)

![Screenshot](images/screenshot-light.png "Ezium light theme")
![Screenshot](images/screenshot-dark.png "Ezium dark theme")

## Features

* Clean and minimal
* Dark mode - respects user preference and toggleable
* Responsive
* Supports tags
* Syntax highlighting
* Hugo RSS feeds

## Installation

From your Hugo site run the following.

```sh
cd themes
git clone https://github.com/carlinmack/ezium.git
```

For more information read the [official setup guide](https://gohugo.io/overview/installing/) of Hugo.

## Configuration

Many configuration features of Ezhil will work but be prepared to dig into the code if they don't. I'm not planning to support features like social media links etc.

```toml
baseURL = "https://example.com/"
languageCode = "en-us"
title = "My personal blog"
theme = "ezium"

```
## Credits

* [Ezhil](https://github.com/vividvilla/ezhil) - MIT License
* [Lithium](https://github.com/jrutheiser/hugo-lithium-theme) - MIT License
* [iA Writer Quattro](https://github.com/iaolo/iA-Fonts) - Open Font License
* [Spectral](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Spectral) - Open Font License

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