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hugo-theme-plume — Hugo Documentation Template

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Plume is a lightweight Hugo-based documentation theme with no external resource dependencies, supporting responsive layout, automatic dark mode, code highlighting, search, and multilingual support.

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No external dependencies; no additional frontend build chain required after installation

Responsive layout with mobile navigation

Automatic dark mode and code syntax highlighting

Built-in table of contents (TOC), search, and internationalization (i18n) support

Supports web app manifest and SEO-related configuration

Can be integrated via Hugo Module or Git Submodule

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Plume is a Hugo theme for documentation sites, positioned as lightweight and free of external dependencies. It provides responsive layout, automatic dark mode, code syntax highlighting, mobile navigation, table of contents (TOC), search, internationalization (i18n), and a web app manifest, and can be used to build content-reading-focused documentation sites.

There are two installation methods: as a Hugo Module, or as a Git Submodule placed in the themes/plume directory. The theme is configured via hugo.toml, and the README provides example configurations for directory hierarchy, code highlighting, and Goldmark extensions (strikethrough, mark, insert, superscript/subscript, passthrough, etc.).

The theme uses the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution; when distributing, the copyright notice and license notice must be retained. Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses.

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Building documentation sites for open-source projects
Writing product manuals or knowledge bases
Documentation sites requiring multilingual support and site search
Static sites where the theme should introduce no external dependencies and be easy to maintain long-term

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Projects requiring multilingual documentation and site search
Users who accept configuring theme behavior via hugo.toml

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New site: hugo new site mysite, then enter the directory and run hugo mod init and hugo mod get github.com/Dobefu/hugo-theme-plume
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For an existing site, add it as a Hugo Module, or run git submodule add https://github.com/Dobefu/hugo-theme-plume.git themes/plume in the site root
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In hugo.toml, import the theme via module.imports under [module], or set theme = "plume"
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Configure markup.tableOfContents, markup.highlight, and markup.goldmark extensions according to the README examples
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Source platforms: Hugo Themes
Documentation and maintenance reference score: More documented · 83 / 100
Technologies: Hugo
Website type: Documentation

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# Plume

A lightweight Hugo documentation theme without any external dependencies.

![Screenshot](https://github.com/Dobefu/hugo-theme-plume/blob/main/images/screenshot.png?raw=true)

## Features

- [x] Zero dependencies
- [x] Responsive design
- [x] Automatic dark mode
- [x] Syntax highlighting
- [x] Mobile navigation
- [x] Table of contents
- [x] SEO optimisation
- [x] Multi-language support (i18n)
- [x] Web app manifest
- [x] Search

## Installation (new site)

Create a new Hugo site with Plume:

```bash
hugo new site mysite
cd mysite
hugo mod init github.com/<username>/<site>
hugo mod tidy
hugo mod get github.com/Dobefu/hugo-theme-plume
```

Add to your `hugo.toml`:

```toml
[module]
  [[module.imports]]
    path = "github.com/Dobefu/hugo-theme-plume"
```

## Installation (existing site)

### As a Hugo Module

```bash
hugo mod init github.com/<username>/<site>
hugo mod tidy
hugo mod get github.com/Dobefu/hugo-theme-plume
```

Add to your `hugo.toml`:

```toml
[module]
  [[module.imports]]
    path = "github.com/Dobefu/hugo-theme-plume"
```

### As a Git Submodule

```bash
git submodule add https://github.com/Dobefu/hugo-theme-plume.git themes/plume
```

Add to your `hugo.toml`:

```toml
theme = "plume"
```

## Configuration

To configure the theme, update the `hugo.toml` file with the following:

```toml
[module]
  [[module.imports]]
    path = "github.com/Dobefu/hugo-theme-plume"

[markup]
  [markup.tableOfContents]
    startLevel = 2
    endLevel = 4

  [markup.highlight]
    lineNos = true
    noClasses = false

  [markup.goldmark]
    [markup.goldmark.extensions]
      strikethrough = false

      [markup.goldmark.extensions.extras]
        delete.enable = true
        mark.enable = true
        insert.enable = true
        subscript.enable = true
        superscript.enable = true

      [markup.goldmark.extensions.passthrough]
        enable = true

        [markup.goldmark.extensions.passthrough.delimiters]
          block = [['\[', '\]']]
          inline = [['\(', '\)']]

```

## License

MIT License - see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

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