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bootstrap-blogdown — Hugo Blog Template

By JedStephens

bootstrap-blogdown is a Hugo theme adapted from the monopriv theme, aimed at R's blogdown workflow, using Bootstrap 4 styles and adjusted for displaying R code.

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A blogdown-adapted version of the monopriv theme, with author modifications in the master branch

Adjusted for displaying R code, providing RStudio-style code formatting

Page styles built on the Bootstrap 4 CSS framework

Supports MathJax math rendering

Optional DuckDuckGo site search; Disqus and analytics are disabled by default

Template Details

This theme is a blogdown-adapted version of kskarthik's monopriv theme. In the repository, the monopriv branch remains identical to the original theme, while the master branch contains Jed Stephens's modifications. It targets scenarios where blogs are built using R's blogdown package. The main changes focus on making R code easier to read on pages and providing RStudio-style code formatting. The theme is built on the Bootstrap 4 CSS framework, supports MathJax math rendering, optionally integrates site search provided by DuckDuckGo, and allows Disqus comments and website analytics to be enabled or disabled in configuration (disabled by default for privacy reasons). Installation is done via blogdown::install_theme, and it can also be used to update an existing blogdown site. The theme is released under the MIT license. For issue reporting, blogdown-related parts use this repository's tracker, while issues about the original monopriv theme go to its GitLab Issues.

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Is it right for your project?

Use Cases

Building and publishing a personal technical blog with R's blogdown package
Displaying R code and its output in blog posts
Writing technical or academic articles that include mathematical formulas
Sites that need site search but prefer third-party comments and statistics to be disabled by default

Suitable For

Bloggers using RStudio and the blogdown workflow
Technical writers who need to present R code and mathematical formulas in articles
Users who prefer Bootstrap 4 base styles and want to customize the theme themselves

Getting started & customization

Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.

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The installation command is blogdown::install_theme('JedStephens/bootstrap-blogdown', force = TRUE)
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When updating an existing blogdown site, force = TRUE can be added to overwrite the installation
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Site search, Disqus comments, and website analytics must be manually enabled in configuration; they are disabled by default
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Issues about the original monopriv theme should be submitted to its GitLab Issues; blogdown-related issues use this repository's tracker

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Free to use · keep license notice

This entry covers the free version under the MIT license in a public repository; the free scope is the code of this version and does not mean 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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Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked against their respective licenses; they cannot be judged solely by the code's MIT license.
External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur separate charges.
Site search is optional; when enabled, search capability is provided by the third-party service DuckDuckGo, which is an external service dependency.
Disqus comments and website analytics must be manually enabled in configuration and are disabled by default for privacy reasons; enabling them connects to third-party services.

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Option to enable / disable disqus, analytics from config (disabled by default for privacy reasons)
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https://github.com/JedStephens/bootstrap-blogdown/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/JedStephens/bootstrap-blogdown/blob/master/README.md

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Template Information

Source platforms: GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score: Partly documented · 61 / 100
Technologies: Hugo · HTML
Website type: Blog

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Repository update recorded: 2020-04-08
Screenshot last checked: 2026-10-11

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Source file / repository

This is a blogdown (see https://bookdown.org/yihui/blogdown/) adapted version of the monopriv theme.
The monopriv branch tracks the monopriv (https://gitlab.com/kskarthik/monopriv) theme without changes.
The master branch includes changes by Jed Stephens. This revised version is documented below. 

![Screenshot](https://gitlab.com/kskarthik/monopriv/raw/master/images/screenshot.png "Desktop View")

## Installation

It is easy to use this theme.
If you are updating an existing blogdown use:
```
blogdown::install_theme('JedStephens/bootstrap-blogdown', force = TRUE)
```

## Main features

* Crafted for blogdown. (Includes adjustments to make R code easier to read).
* Powered by bootstrap 4 CSS framework.
* RStudio style code formatting
* MathJax Support.
* Optional: Site Search - powered by DuckDuckGo 
* Option to enable / disable disqus, analytics from config (disabled by default for privacy reasons)

## Contribute
Feel free to contribute changes, features to this theme!

## Reporting Issues

The original monopriv theme has its own GitLab Issues tracker, see: https://gitlab.com/kskarthik/monopriv/issues
For a bad experience on blogdown see this tracker.

## Licensing

This Theme is released under MIT license.

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