Minimal Jekyll blog theme forked from Asko, originally based on Sidey
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Gesko — Jekyll Blog Template
By DavideBri
Gesko is a minimal Jekyll blog theme forked from Asko, offering dark/light themes, tag pages, search, and reading time estimation.
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Offers dark and light themes, responsive design, and inline CSS
Supports tags and tag pages, search bar, anchor headings, previous/next post navigation
Includes a 404 page, robots.txt, Atom and JSON feeds
Supports automatic or manual reading time estimation, with optional Disqus comments
About page with timeline, styles organized with Sass
Template Details
Gesko is a simple, minimal Jekyll blog theme maintained by DavideBri, with the repository under the MIT license. It is forked from the Asko theme, which in turn originated from Sidey. The theme targets personal blogs, providing a responsive layout, dark and light themes, and inline CSS.
For content organization, Gesko supports tags and tag pages, an about page with a timeline, previous/next post navigation, and automatic or manual reading time estimation. The site also includes a 404 page, robots.txt, Atom and JSON feeds, and optional Disqus comments. A search bar and anchor headings help locate content within posts.
To use it, first set up a local environment according to the official Jekyll documentation, then clone the repository, run bundle install, bundle exec jekyll build, and bundle exec jekyll serve to preview at localhost:4000. To deploy to GitHub Pages, update _config.yml; if publishing under a repository like yournickname.github.io, also change {{ site.baseurl }} to {{ site.url }} in the template. The README also notes that a gtag exists in _layouts/default.html and should be removed. To add a new tag, create a folder with the same name under the tag/ directory and add an index.html with layout: tag and a tag field.
Note that the repository materials do not describe the theme's production performance or list framework versions in the dependency list; licenses for third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately and cannot be assumed from the code's MIT license alone.
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Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- Building a personal tech blog or writing blog
- Static sites needing dark/light theme switching and tag categorization
- Publishing content on GitHub Pages with Jekyll
- Blogs requiring Atom/JSON feeds and on-site search
Suitable For
- Developers familiar with basic Jekyll usage and willing to configure _config.yml themselves
- Personal bloggers focused on writing who prefer a minimal interface
- Static blog authors who need tag pages and feeds and may integrate Disqus
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
- 1
First set up a local environment per the official Jekyll documentation, then clone the repository and run bundle install, bundle exec jekyll build, and bundle exec jekyll serve
- 2
Update _config.yml before deploying to GitHub Pages; if publishing under a repository like yournickname.github.io, change {{ site.baseurl }} to {{ site.url }}
- 3
A gtag exists in _layouts/default.html, and the README advises removing it
- 4
To add a new tag, create a folder with the same name under the tag/ directory and add an index.html with layout: tag and a tag field
- 5
Licenses for third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately
License & source material
Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis 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 imply that external services or third-party assets are free.
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- Permits free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of that version's 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
- The template's _layouts/default.html includes a built-in gtag (Google Analytics tracking code), and the README explicitly requires users to remove it; otherwise the site will send visit statistics to Google.
- Disqus comments are optional; when enabled, they rely on Disqus as a third-party external service, which may involve account registration and external data loading.
- When deploying to GitHub Pages, you must modify _config.yml yourself; if publishing under a repository like yournickname.github.io, you must also change {{ site.baseurl }} to {{ site.url }} in the template, otherwise asset paths will break.
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked against their respective licenses and cannot be assumed from the code's MIT license alone.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur additional charges.
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge
Original License Text
Note that there is also a gtag in the [`_layouts/default.html`](https://github.com/DavideBri/Gesko/blob/6776e4afc384dc3d50ce2001715929c8e70a914c/_layouts/default.html#L9), you should remove it.
Original README
Disqus section (optional)
Original README
https://github.com/DavideBri/Gesko/blob/master/LICENSE.mdhttps://github.com/DavideBri/Gesko/blob/master/README.mdIf you want to upload it to Github Pages, remember to update the `_congif.yml` and if you are going to upload in a repo called yournickname.github.io, remember to update the `{{ site.baseurl }}` to `{{ site.url }}` .
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- More documented · 85 / 100
- Technologies
- Jekyll
- Website type
- Blog
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- 2024-11-18
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Source file / repository# Gesko
Simple and minimal Jekyll blog.
Forked from [Asko](https://github.com/manuelmazzuola/asko).
Original theme from [Sidey](https://github.com/ronv/sidey).
### Features
- [x] Responsive Design
- [x] Dark/Ligh theme 🌗
- [x] Inline CSS
- [x] Anchor headings
- [x] Tags & Tag pages
- [x] 404 page
- [x] Robots.txt 🤖
- [x] Atom & Json feeds 📡
- [x] Sass
- [x] About page, with Timeline! 🗣️
- [x] PageSpeed and w3Validator tests PASSED ✔️
- [x] Search bar 🔎
- [x] Next & Previous Post ⏮️ ⏭️
- [x] Automatic/Manual reading time estimation 🕐
- [x] Disqus section (optional) ✍️
## Screenshot
## Installation
Be sure to have all [you need](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/) before running anything.
Run local server:
```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/DavideBri/Gesko.git
$ cd Gesko
$ bundle install
$ bundle exec jekyll build
$ bundle exec jekyll serve
```
Navigate to `localhost:4000`. You're Welcome, Fork and be Stargazer.
If you want to upload it to Github Pages, remember to update the `_congif.yml` and if you are going to upload in a repo called yournickname.github.io, remember to update the `{{ site.baseurl }}` to `{{ site.url }}` .
Note that there is also a gtag in the [`_layouts/default.html`](https://github.com/DavideBri/Gesko/blob/6776e4afc384dc3d50ce2001715929c8e70a914c/_layouts/default.html#L9), you should remove it.
To create new tag, create a folder in `tag/` with the name of the new one. In this folder add an `index.html` file and just add this header:
```
---
layout: tag
tag: yourNewTag
---
```
Then build again and you're ready!!
## Contributing
Yeaaa feel free to open a pull request.
If you see any typos or formatting errors in a post, or want to helping reduce backlogs or any other issue that needs to be addressed, please do not hesitate to open a pull request and fix it!, please read [contributing](./CONTRIBUTING.md) before PR.
## License
This project is open source and available under the [MIT License](LICENSE.md).
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