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hugo-theme-spartan — Hugo Portfolio Template

By mtburge

A minimal Hugo theme for small blogs and personal websites, styled with TailwindCSS, with responsive layout and dark mode support.

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Content-focused minimal design with styling based on TailwindCSS

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Responsive layout for desktop, ultrawide, tablet, and mobile

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Dark mode switches automatically based on operating system settings

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Supports modifying OpenGraph tags, meta tags, descriptions, and card data

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Repository provides exampleSite sample posts and configuration files

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MIT license permits free use, modification, commercialization, and distribution

Template Details

hugo-theme-spartan is a Hugo theme developed by its author after failing to find a content-focused minimal theme that matched their aesthetic. It targets small blogs and personal websites, with a simple page structure and all styling implemented in TailwindCSS. Because content display is prioritized, the README explicitly states that it may not support all Hugo features. The theme provides a responsive layout usable on desktop, ultrawide, tablet, and mobile; dark mode switches automatically based on operating system settings; for SEO, it supports modifying OpenGraph tags, meta tags, descriptions, and card data. The repository includes an exampleSite directory with sample posts and configuration files that can serve as a setup reference. The project is MIT-licensed and may be used, modified, commercialized, and distributed for free, but third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification.

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Is it right for your project?

Use Cases

  • Building a personal blog and publishing text-and-image posts
  • Creating a personal website to show an introduction and portfolio
  • Using as a starting point for a Hugo project and replacing TailwindCSS styles as needed
  • Static sites that need automatic dark mode and basic SEO metadata configuration

Suitable For

  • Developers building small blogs or personal websites with Hugo
  • Authors who prefer a minimal, content-first page style
  • Users familiar with or willing to use TailwindCSS to adjust styles
  • Site maintainers who need a theme freely modifiable under the MIT license

Getting started & customization

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    Initialize via Hugo modules and add the theme dependency: hugo mod init github.com/itsmattburgess/hugo-theme-spartan

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    Set theme = "hugo-theme-spartan" in config.toml

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    Refer to the sample posts and configuration files in the repository's exampleSite directory

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    Run hugo server -D to start a local development server for preview

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    Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification under their respective licenses

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Free to use · keep license notice

This entry covers the free version in the public repository under the MIT license; the free scope is the code of that version and does not mean external services or third-party assets are free.

Must comply with when using

  • The code of this version may be used, modified, commercialized, and distributed for free.
  • 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 require verification under their respective licenses and cannot be judged solely by the code's MIT license.
  • External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur separate charges.
  • The theme prioritizes content display and may not support all Hugo features; if a site relies on certain advanced Hugo features, compatibility must be confirmed independently.
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As it is focused on content, it may not support all Hugo features.

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Template Information

Source platforms
GitHub
Documentation and maintenance reference score
Partly documented · 61 / 100
Technologies
Hugo
Website type
Portfolio · Blog
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Source file / repository
# Hugo Spartan Theme
A clean and minimal theme for [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/), designed for small blogs and personal websites.

I built this theme as I wanted a minimal theme, that focused on content and I couldn't find any that matched the look and feel I wanted. As it is focused on content, it may not support all Hugo features. I love [TailwindCSS](https://tailwindcss.com), so it's no surprise I've used that for all its styling goodness.

## See it in action
Shameless plug to my website: https://mattburgess.dev

<p align="center"><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itsmattburgess/hugo-theme-spartan/main/exampleSite/screenshot.png" alt="Spartan Hugo Theme"></p>

## Features
1. **Clean and minimal:** very lightweight, scores 100% on all Google Lighthouse tests.
1. **Responsive:** works great on desktop, ultrawides, tablets and mobiles.
1. **Dark Mode:** Automatically switches to a dark theme, based on the operating system settings.
1. **Good SEO support:** Able to change OpenGraph tags, meta tags, description and card data.

## Setup
Have a look in the `exampleSite` directory for example posts and config files.

```console
# Use Hugo modules to add the theme as a dependency:
hugo mod init github.com/itsmattburgess/hugo-theme-spartan

# Add the theme to your config.toml file:
theme = "hugo-theme-spartan"

# Thats it, start your Hugo development server:
hugo server -D
```

## Feedback
Thoughts, feedback, improvement ideas? I'm open to feedback, feel free to open an issue or ping me on Twitter [@itsmattburgess](https://twitter.com/itsmattburgess)
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