Minimalist blog theme for the Cecil static site generator
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theme-hyde — Jekyll Blog Template
By Cecilapp
Hyde is a minimalist blog theme for the Cecil static site generator, ported from the classic Hyde theme for Jekyll and released under the MIT license.
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Ported from the classic Hyde theme for Jekyll, retaining its clean typographic style
Installed via the Composer package cecil/theme-hyde, or manually extracted into themes/hyde
Offers configuration options including a sticky sidebar, nine theme colors, and reversed layout
Supports Cecil localization with a built-in French translation file
Released under the MIT license, permitting free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution
Template Details
Hyde is a minimalist blog theme designed for the Cecil static site generator, inspired by the classic Hyde theme of the same name on Jekyll and emphasizing a clean, restrained typographic style. The repository provides actual screenshots of the desktop homepage, mobile homepage, and blog inner pages, and you can preview the live result at the demo site https://cecilapp.github.io/theme-hyde/.
The theme is distributed as the Composer package cecil/theme-hyde, and can also be installed by downloading the release archive and extracting it into the themes/hyde directory. To enable it, add hyde to the theme list in config.yml. The theme offers configuration options such as a sticky sidebar, theme colors (red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta, brown, cecil), and reversed left/right layout, and it supports Cecil's localization mechanism with a built-in French translation file at translations/messages.fr.yml.
Note: the repository materials do not provide the theme's version compatibility range, dependency list, or performance details, so you should verify against your own Cecil version before use. The licenses for third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be confirmed separately and cannot be judged solely from the code's MIT license.
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Use Cases
- Building a personal blog focused on text content with Cecil
- Sites that want to keep the visual style of the Jekyll Hyde theme while migrating to Cecil
- Lightweight blogs that need sidebar navigation and switchable theme colors
- Blogs aimed at French-speaking readers that require localized copy
Suitable For
- Developers using the Cecil static site generator
- Blog authors who prefer minimalist typography centered on article lists
- Projects that need to freely modify and distribute theme code under the MIT license
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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Run composer require cecil/theme-hyde, or download the release archive and extract it into the themes/hyde directory
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Add hyde to the theme list in config.yml
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Configure hyde.sidebar.sticky, hyde.theme, and hyde.reverse as needed
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For a French interface, set code: fr and locale: fr_FR under languages in config.yml
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The repository does not list dependency versions or compatibility ranges; check against your own Cecil version before use
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- The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.
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- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- More documented · 80 / 100
- Technologies
- Jekyll
- Website type
- Blog
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Source file / repository# Hyde theme
_Hyde_ is a minimalist theme for Cecil, inspired by the simplicity and elegance of the original [Hyde theme for Jekyll](https://github.com/poole/hyde).
## Installation
```bash
composer require cecil/theme-hyde
```
> Or [download the latest archive](https://github.com/Cecilapp/theme-hyde/releases/latest/) and uncompress its content in `themes/hyde`.
## Usage
Add `hyde` in the `theme` section of your `config.yml`:
```yaml
theme:
- hyde
```
Configuration:
```yaml
hyde:
sidebar:
sticky: true # Content to the bottom of the sidebar
theme: '' # red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta, brown or cecil
reverse: false # Reverse layout
```
### Internationalization
This theme support [localization](https://cecil.app/documentation/templates/#localization), and provides french translation (see `translations/messages.fr.yml`).
Configuration:
```yaml
languages:
- code: fr
locale: fr_FR
```
## License
_Hyde_ is a free software distributed under the terms of the MIT license.
© [Arnaud Ligny](https://arnaudligny.fr)
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