Modular Hugo-based documentation theme supporting multiple documentation collections
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docura — Hugo Documentation Template
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Docura is a modular Hugo-based documentation theme that provides a responsive layout, light/dark theme switching, configurable menus and sidebars, and support for multiple documentation collections.
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Three built-in theme modes: dark, light, and night
Menus defined through Hugo configuration, sidebars customized through Hugo data templates
No dependencies on CSS, JS/npm, icon, or font frameworks; components based on native CSS/JS
Build process uses Hugo pipes; repository released under the MIT license
Template Details
Docura is a documentation site theme built with Hugo, intended to provide a modular page structure and configurable navigation for technical documentation websites. It includes a responsive and adaptive layout, three built-in theme modes (dark, light, and night), menus defined through Hugo configuration, sidebars customized through Hugo data templates, and support for maintaining multiple documentation collections within the same site.
In implementation, the theme deliberately minimizes dependencies on external frameworks: it does not use CSS, JS/npm, icon, or font frameworks; interface components are based on native CSS/JS, and the build process relies on Hugo pipes. The repository is released under the MIT license, and the demo site is docura.github.io.
Before use, Hugo must be installed. Then create a new site, add the theme to themes/docura as a git submodule, replace the default configuration with the theme's included hugo.yaml, and start the local server. The README does not provide deployment or content organization instructions beyond the above process.
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Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- Building technical documentation sites for open-source projects or products
- Maintaining multiple independent documentation collections within the same site
- Documentation sites that require light/dark theme switching and custom sidebar navigation
Suitable For
- Developers using Hugo as a static site generator
- Documentation maintainers who need configurable menus and sidebar structures
- Site builders who prefer to reduce dependencies on external frontend frameworks
Getting started & customization
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Install Hugo first, using the official precompiled binary, and verify with hugo version
- 2
Run hugo new site newsite to create a site and enter the directory, then git init to initialize the repository
- 3
Add the theme via git submodule add https://github.com/docura/docura.git themes/docura
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Delete the default hugo.toml and copy the theme's hugo.yaml, then run hugo server for local preview
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Source file / repository# 🦄 Docura
A modular Hugo theme to build your next documentation site
## 🌱 Features
- Responsive and adaptive layouts.
- Built-in dark, light and night themes.
- Customizable menu with Hugo configs.
- Customizable sidebars using Hugo data templates.
- Support for multiple documentation sets.
- Minimal reliance on external frameworks (No CSS, JS/npm, icon, font frameworks).
- Vanilla CSS/ JS based UI components and Hugo pipes based building process.
## 🚀 Getting Started
1. [Install Hugo](https://gohugo.io/installation/).
- Use prebuilt binaries via https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest
- Verify the installation via `hugo version`
2. Create a new site with the Docura theme.
```shell
hugo new site newsite
cd newsite
git init
git submodule add https://github.com/docura/docura.git themes/docura
rm hugo.toml && cp themes/docura/hugo.yaml .
hugo server
```
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