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denis-iakimenko — Astro Blog Template

By denis23x

An Astro blog theme forked from AstroPaper and adapted from the author's personal blog, adding PWA support, Giscus comments, Mermaid diagrams, and directive-style callouts on top of the original.

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An Astro blog theme derived from AstroPaper, adapted from the author's personal blog

Adds @vite-pwa/astro and @vite-pwa/assets-generator on top of AstroPaper

Integrates the giscus comment system and beautiful-mermaid diagram rendering

Introduces remark-directive and remark-callout-directives to support directive-style callout syntax

The repository notes an upgrade to a newer major version of Astro and several local adjustments

Licensed under MIT, with the full license file included in the repository

Template Details

This is a personal blog theme built with Astro. The repository notes that its original README comes from AstroPaper, and that the author made several changes before using it for their own site. Its positioning is therefore closer to a customized version of a personal blog than a general-purpose theme designed from scratch.

The changes include integrating @vite-pwa/astro and @vite-pwa/assets-generator for PWA-related capabilities, adding beautiful-mermaid to render Mermaid diagrams, integrating giscus as the comment system, and introducing remark-directive and remark-callout-directives to support directive syntax and callout blocks. The repository also mentions an upgrade to a newer major version of Astro and some miscellaneous local adjustments.

Because the README is brief, the theme's page structure, styling details, and configuration options are not covered in the available material and must be verified against the repository code and the demo site. The demo site is the author's personal blog; screenshots cover the desktop homepage, mobile homepage, and an inner page, which can be used to assess the actual presentation.

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Use Cases

Building an article-focused personal technical blog or writing site
Needing to insert Mermaid diagrams and callout blocks into blog content
Wanting to add PWA capabilities and giscus-based comments to a blog
Using AstroPaper as a starting point for customization and referencing existing modifications

Suitable For

Developers familiar with Astro who are willing to read the code and configuration themselves
Site authors whose main content is personal writing and technical notes
Users who need extensions such as comments, diagrams, and PWA, and who accept verifying third-party asset licenses themselves

Getting started & customization

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The repository README is brief; installation and configuration steps should be based on the repository code and the original AstroPaper documentation
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giscus comments require preparing the corresponding GitHub repository and configuration parameters
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PWA icons and other assets are generated by @vite-pwa/assets-generator and need to be adjusted to the project's actual situation
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Third-party assets such as images, fonts, and icons in the demo site must have their licenses checked separately; the code's MIT license alone is not sufficient
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External services such as domains and hosting may incur additional costs

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Usage conditions & limitations

Free to use · keep license notice

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

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Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this 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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https://github.com/denis23x/denis-iakimenko/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/denis23x/denis-iakimenko/blob/main/README.md

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Template Information

Source platforms: GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score: More documented · 83 / 100
Technologies: Astro
Website type: Blog

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Repository update recorded: 2026-10-09
Screenshot last checked: 2026-10-09

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# Denis Iakimenko

Original repo readme [AstroPaper](https://github.com/satnaing/astro-paper)

## Improvements

- Added [@vite-pwa/astro](https://github.com/vite-pwa/astro)
- Added [@vite-pwa/assets-generator](https://github.com/vite-pwa/assets-generator)
- Added [beautiful-mermaid](https://github.com/lukilabs/beautiful-mermaid)
- Added [giscus](https://github.com/giscus/giscus)
- Added [remark-directive](https://github.com/remarkjs/remark-directive)
- Added [remark-callout-directives](https://codeberg.org/naiyer/remark-callout-directives)
- Upgraded to Astro 6
- Other minor improvements and local tuning

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