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hugo-PaperModest — Hugo Blog Template

By faisaldarbar

A Hugo blog theme customized from PaperMod, retaining the original theme's features while adding Font Awesome social icons, Fuse.js site search, and a customhome landing page layout without a post list.

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Customized on top of hugo-PaperMod, retaining all features of the original theme

Social icons switched to the Font Awesome icon set

Site search based on Fuse.js with threshold set to 0 for precise matching

Provides a customhome layout for building a landing page without a post list

Released under the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution

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Hugo PaperModest is a Hugo blog theme customized by Faisal Darbar on top of hugo-PaperMod, aiming to add features and customization options beyond the original theme. The repository is released under the MIT license, and the demo site is the author's personal website.

The theme retains all features of PaperMod and makes three explicit changes: social icons are switched to the Font Awesome icon set; site search is based on Fuse.js with threshold set to 0 for more precise matching results; and a customhome layout is provided for building a landing page without a post list. Installation is done by cloning the repository into themes/hugo-PaperModest via git submodule within a Hugo site directory, then setting theme to hugo-PaperModest in the site configuration.

The README states that more features will be added later and points to the project Wiki for setup instructions and usage tips. The repository does not provide a dependency list, so specific framework versions cannot be verified; the demo screenshots come from the author's site, and third-party assets such as images, fonts, and icons within them must be confirmed separately under their respective licenses.

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Building an article-focused personal blog with Hugo
Blog sites that need site search and prefer more precise results
Sites that want the homepage to be a landing page rather than a post list
Developers who want to use PaperMod as a starting point for further theme customization

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Blog authors using Hugo
Developers familiar with Hugo theme configuration and git submodule
Users who accept making secondary modifications on top of PaperMod

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Run git submodule add https://github.com/faisaldarbar/hugo-PaperModest.git themes/hugo-PaperModest in the Hugo site directory
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Set theme = "hugo-PaperModest" in the site configuration
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Settings such as the customhome layout and social icons require consulting the project Wiki
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Source platforms: GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score: Partly documented · 74 / 100
Technologies: Hugo
Website type: Blog

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Repository update recorded: 2025-09-11
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# Hugo PaperModest

Hugo PaperModest is a theme based on [hugo-PaperMod](https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod).

The goal of this project is to add more features and customization to the original theme.

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## 🚀 Features/Mods

- All features from the original theme.
- Social icons from Font Awesome. (Wiki Page to be Added)
- 🔍 **Strict and accurate on-site search** using [Fuse.js](https://fusejs.io/) with `threshold: 0` for precise results.
- 📘 **[Set up a post-free landing page using the customhome layout →](https://github.com/faisaldarbar/hugo-PaperModest/wiki/Custom-Home-Layout)**

Additional features will be updated.

📘 **See the [Wiki](https://github.com/faisaldarbar/hugo-PaperModest/wiki) for setup instructions and tips.**


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## 📦 Installation

Inside your Hugo site directory, clone this theme:

```bash
git submodule add https://github.com/faisaldarbar/hugo-PaperModest.git themes/hugo-PaperModest
```

Then update your site config:

```toml
theme = "hugo-PaperModest"
```

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## 🧾 License

MIT — see [LICENSE](https://github.com/faisaldarbar/hugo-PaperModest/blob/master/LICENSE)

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## 🙏 Acknowledgements

- Based on [PaperMod](https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod) by [@adityatelange](https://github.com/adityatelange)
- Originally inspired by [Paper](https://github.com/nanxiaobei/hugo-paper) by [@nanxiaobei](https://github.com/nanxiaobei)

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## 👤 Author

[Faisal Darbar](https://faisaldarbar.com)

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