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tail — Jekyll Blog Template

By jitinnair1

Tail is a minimalist Jekyll blog theme based on Tale, oriented around a Markdown writing workflow, adding dark mode, Pagefind search, pop-up footnotes, and Obsidian-compatible bidirectional links.

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Based on the Tale theme, with underlying changes and minor fixes according to the author

Supports dark mode

Supports posts whose filenames do not contain YYYY-MM-DD

Uses Pagefind to provide search

Supports pop-up footnotes and Obsidian-compatible bidirectional wiki-style links

Comments implemented via email

Template Details

Tail is a Jekyll blog theme. The author states that it is heavily based on the Tale theme, with minor fixes and underlying changes made on top of it, with the goal of making the blog easier to maintain.

In terms of usage, the theme emphasizes the writing workflow: if you already have a large number of `*.md` files, fork the theme, make a few changes to `_config.yml`, then copy the files into the `_posts` directory to start blogging.

Compared with Tale, Tail adds dark mode, support for posts whose filenames do not contain `YYYY-MM-DD`, search based on Pagefind, pop-up footnotes, Obsidian-compatible bidirectional wiki-style links, and comments implemented via email.

Features inherited from Tale with minor updates include: simple installation, GitHub Pages compatibility, responsive design, post pagination, pinned posts, and tag and excerpt management.

Regarding licensing, the repository uses the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code; when distributing, the copyright notice and license notice must be retained. Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons need to be checked separately for licensing, and external services such as domains and hosting may incur separate charges.

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Use Cases

Migrating existing Markdown articles to a Jekyll blog
Publishing a personal blog on GitHub Pages
Maintaining notes in Obsidian and syncing them as blog posts
A writing-focused blog that needs site search and dark mode

Suitable For

Bloggers who are used to writing in Markdown and want to reduce configuration
People who have accumulated notes in Obsidian and want to publish them as a blog
Jekyll users who need dark mode, tags, pagination, and pinned posts

Getting started & customization

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After forking the theme, modify _config.yml, then place Markdown files into the _posts directory
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Post filenames may omit the YYYY-MM-DD date prefix
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Search depends on Pagefind, and the corresponding build steps must be completed according to the theme instructions
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Comments are implemented via email, and email-related settings must be provided in the configuration
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons need to be checked for licensing on your own

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Template Information

Source platforms: GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score: More documented · 87 / 100
Technologies: Jekyll
Website type: Blog

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# Tail

Tail is a minimal Jekyll blog theme heavily based on [Tale](https://github.com/chesterhow/tale) (and hence the name). Apart from the minor fixes to Tale and significant changes under the hood, this theme is designed to make it easier to maintain a blog.

If you already have a bunch of files in `*.md` format, you can simply copy them to the `_posts` folder after forking this theme and making a few changes to `_config.yml`, your blog is ready to go!

## What's new in Tail
- Dark Mode
- Support for posts without the `YYYY-MM-DD` in the post's filename
- Search (using Pagefind)
- Popup Footnotes
- Bi-directional Wiki-style linking support compatible with Obsidian
- Comments via Email

## Other Features from Tale (with minor updates)
- Easy installation
- Compatible with GitHub Pages
- Responsive design
- Pagination of posts
- Sticky posts
- Tags
- Excerpt management

## Contributing
Found a bug or have a suggestion? Feel free to create an issue or make a pull request!

## License
See [LICENSE](https://github.com/jitinnair1/tail/blob/master/LICENSE)

PS: If you liked the theme, do star :star: it! Thanks!

### Also, check out:

- [autoCV](https://github.com/jitinnair1/autocv) - a LaTeX template that builds and deploys the CV using GitHub Actions, so you will always have a ready link for your latest CV
- [gradfolio](https://github.com/jitinnair1/gradfolio) - a minimal, quick-setup template for a personal website/portfolio
- [snippet-book](https://github.com/jitinnair1/snippet-book) - terminal style, clean Jekyll blog theme with catppuccin colours

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