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nextjs-starter-blog — Next.js Blog Template

By JoseRFelix

A Next.js-based Markdown blog starter template with built-in dark mode, RSS, and Tailwind typography.

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Content is written in Markdown, with the page entry point at pages/index.js

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Built-in dark mode and RSS feed

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Uses Tailwind.css and provides Markdown typography defaults via Tailwind Typography

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Code highlighting for Markdown via react-syntax-highlighter with PrismJs

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next-optimized-images provides image preview, optimization, lazy loading, and WebP support

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Includes SEO components and dynamic site metadata

Template Details

This is a Next.js starter template for building a blog, with content written in Markdown. The capabilities listed in the repository description include: RSS feed, dark mode, WebP image support, SEO components, and dynamic site metadata, all checked as completed; Sitemap is still marked as a to-do. For styling, it uses Tailwind.css and provides typography defaults for HTML rendered from Markdown via the Tailwind Typography plugin, which can be overridden in the typography configuration in tailwind.config.js. Code highlighting is implemented with react-syntax-highlighter and PrismJs, and image processing relies on next-optimized-images, with support for lazy loading and absolute path imports.

To use it, run npm run dev or yarn dev in the project directory, then open http://localhost:3000 in your browser; the page entry point is pages/index.js, and changes update automatically. For deployment, the README provides deployment buttons for Netlify and ZEIT Now.

The license is MIT, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code; when distributing copies or substantial portions of the code, the copyright notice and the full MIT license notice must be retained. Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses; external services such as domains and hosting may incur separate charges.

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Is it right for your project?

Use Cases

  • Building a personal blog with Markdown as the content source
  • Needing a Next.js starter project with dark mode and RSS output
  • Wanting to unify Markdown article typography with Tailwind Typography

Suitable For

  • Developers familiar with Next.js and Markdown workflows
  • Blog projects under the MIT license that can be modified and distributed
  • Personal sites intended for deployment to platforms such as Netlify or Vercel

Getting started & customization

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    Run npm run dev or yarn dev in the project directory to start the development server

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    Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser to view the result

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    The page entry point is pages/index.js, which updates automatically after editing

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    Typography defaults can be overridden under theme.typography in tailwind.config.js

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    Sitemap is still a to-do in the README; the template does not include this feature

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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 of the code are permitted.
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  • The code is provided as is; warranties and limitations of liability are governed by the original license and applicable law.

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Template Information

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Documentation and maintenance reference score
More documented · 81 / 100
Technologies
Next.js · React
Website type
Blog · Starter
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Source file / repository
<h1 align="center">
  Next.js blog starter
</h1>

Start off your writing journey with this Next.js markdown blog template.

## ✏ Features

- Next.js 12! 
- RSS Feed
- Streamlined styling experience with [Tailwind.css](https://tailwindcss.com/).
- Customizable typographic defaults with [Tailwind Typography](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-typography)
- Automatic image preview and optimization with [next-optimized-images](https://github.com/cyrilwanner/next-optimized-images).
- Lazyload images.
- Absolute imports.
- SEO friendly.
- Markdown code highlighting with [react-syntax-highlighter](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-syntax-highlighter) and [PrismJs](https://prismjs.com/).
- Dark Mode
- WebP image support

## 🚀 Getting Started

First, run the development server:

```bash
npm run dev
# or
yarn dev
```

Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) with your browser to see the result.

You can start editing the page by modifying `pages/index.js`. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.

## ✍ Customizing Tailwind Typography

[Tailwind Typography](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-typography) is an official tailwind plugin that provides a set of `prose` classes to add beautiful typographic defaults to any vanilla HTML you don't control (like HTML rendered from Markdown, or pulled from a CMS).

To customize the defaults provided by the plugin, add the overrides under the `typography` key in the theme section of the `tailwind.config.js` file. Refer to its [default styles](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-typography/blob/master/src/styles.js) for more in-depth examples.

For more information, please check out Tailwind Typography's [customization section](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-typography#customization).

## 📖 Learn More

### Next.js

To learn more about Next.js, take a look at the following resources:

- [Next.js Documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs) - learn about Next.js features and API.
- [Learn Next.js](https://nextjs.org/learn) - an interactive Next.js tutorial.

You can check out [the Next.js GitHub repository](https://github.com/zeit/next.js/) - your feedback and contributions are welcome!

### Tailwind CSS

To learn more about Tailwind CSS, take a look at the following resources:

- [Tailwind Documentation](https://tailwindcss.com/) - learn about Tailwind CSS features and API.

## ☑ Upcoming features

- [ ] Add Sitemap
- [x] Add RSS Feed
- [x] Dark Mode
- [x] Add support for WebP images
- [x] Add SEO Component
- [x] Add Dynamic Site Metadata

## ☁ Deploy

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