Covers common academic homepage content: bio, projects, updates, blog, authors, and publication lists
AstroPortfolioBlog
website (mychiffonn) — Astro Portfolio Template
By mychiffonn
An Astro-based academic personal website template that includes a bio, projects, updates, blog, and BibTeX publication list, under the Apache-2.0 license.
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Publication list rendered from a BibTeX file, making it easy to maintain academic publication records
Markdown writing supports callouts, math formulas, code highlighting, heading anchors, and sidenotes
Blog supports subposts, tags, stages, table of contents, share actions, and multiple authors
Built-in sitemap, robots.txt, Open Graph metadata, and generated social images
Uses Zod for type-checking configuration and content structures, with native CSS for styling
Template Details
This is an Astro theme for academic personal homepages. The author reorganized their personal website (mychiffonn.com) into a reusable open-source starter template, positioned in the README as an alternative to al-folio. The template covers common content types for academic homepages: bio, projects, updates, blog posts, authors, and publication lists, with the publication list rendered from a BibTeX file. Writing is primarily in Markdown, with support for callouts, math formulas, code highlighting, heading anchors, and sidenotes; the blog supports subposts, tags, stages, table of contents, share actions, and multiple authors. The site is static-first, requiring no UI framework or server adapter by default, uses native CSS for styling, and has minimal interactive scripts. For SEO, it includes a sitemap, robots.txt, Open Graph metadata, and generated social images. Configuration and content structures are type-checked with Zod. The template is built on astro-erudite v2.0.1 and references Maggie Appleton's digital garden and al-folio. Before use, note: the README suggests that those who directly clone the author's website switch to the Astro theme repository; this repository also contains documentation for developing and releasing the theme itself, so when using it as a starter template, configure and customize it according to docs/INSTALL.md and docs/CUSTOMIZATION.md.
AstroPortfolioBlog
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Use Cases
- Building a personal academic homepage to showcase bio, projects, and publications
- Maintaining a research blog or digital garden-style notes in Markdown
- Managing and displaying a publication list with BibTeX
- Blog content sites that need multiple authors, tags, and table of contents organization
Suitable For
- Researchers, teachers, and students who need an academic personal homepage
- Writers accustomed to managing content with Markdown and BibTeX
- Developers who want to publish personal academic content as a static site without relying on a UI framework or server adapter
Getting started & customization
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Requires Node.js >=22.12.0 and pnpm; you can create a site from the GitHub starter template with pnpm create astro@latest --template mychiffonn/website
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After creation, run pnpm dev to start the development server, accessible by default at http://localhost:4321
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Complete the initial configuration according to docs/INSTALL.md, and modify content and design according to docs/CUSTOMIZATION.md
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To contribute to the theme itself, clone this repository and run corepack enable && pnpm install
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The repository includes AGENTS.md, which documents the theme's installation, customization, development, validation, and release conventions
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Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version in the public repository under the Apache-2.0 license; the free scope is the code of this version and does not imply that external services or third-party assets are free.
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- More documented · 88 / 100
- Technologies
- Astro
- Website type
- Portfolio · Blog
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- 2026-09-21
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2026-10-02T08:29:34.733Z
Source file / repository# My (Chiffon) Nguyen website [](https://github.com/mychiffonn/astro-scholar/releases) [](https://astro.build) [](https://www.typescriptlang.org/)  **If you want to clone my website, see my [Astro theme](https://astro-scholar.pages.dev/)**. The repository with more information is [here](https://astro-scholar.pages.dev/). Astro Star Scholar is an [Astro](https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/why-astro/) theme for academic personal sites, research blogs, projects, publications, and more pages. It packages the design and publishing system behind [My (Chiffon) Nguyen's website](https://mychiffonn.com) as a reusable open-source starter. ## Previews | Home | Projects | | --------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |  |  | | Publications | Uses | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | |  |  | | Blog index (light) | Blog post (light) | | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | |  |  | | Blog index (dark) | Blog post (dark) | | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | |  |  | ## Features - Astro 7 with a static-first, content-focused build and support for Astro's integration ecosystem. - Academic profile, projects, updates, blog posts, authors, and publications. - SEO-included: sitemap, robots.txt, Open Graph metadata, and generated social images. - Publications rendered from a BibTeX file. - Markdown-first writing with Sätteri, callouts, math, code highlighting, heading anchors, and sidenotes. - Blog post/subpost system with tags, stages, table of contents, share actions, and multiple authors. - Native CSS with little interaction scripts shipped. - Local and Iconify-backed SVG icon system. - Type-safe config and content schemas with Zod. ## Getting Started Have Node.js `>=22.12.0` and pnpm installed. Create a site directly from the GitHub starter: ```bash pnpm create astro@latest --template mychiffonn/website ``` Astro's wizard asks for the destination, installs dependencies, and can initialize Git. See Astro's official [install and starter-template guide](https://docs.astro.build/en/install-and-setup/#use-a-theme-or-starter-template) for branch and repository URL options. Then: 1. Start the development server with `pnpm dev`. 2. Visit <http://localhost:4321>. 3. Follow [docs/INSTALL.md](docs/INSTALL.md) to configure the starter. 4. Personalize content and design with [docs/CUSTOMIZATION.md](docs/CUSTOMIZATION.md). To contribute to the theme itself, clone this repository and run `corepack enable && pnpm install`. ## Astro and AI-assisted development Astro's [Build with AI guide](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/build-with-ai/) explains how to give coding agents current Astro documentation instead of relying on potentially stale framework knowledge. This repository also includes [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) with the theme's installation, customization, development, validation, and publishing conventions. For supported adapters and integrations, use Astro's setup command: ```bash pnpm astro add <integration> ``` The command installs the package and updates `astro.config.ts`. Read the [Astro integrations guide](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/integrations/) and the selected integration's documentation first; the theme does not require a UI framework or server adapter for its default static build. ## Built With This theme is built on enscribe's [astro-erudite](https://github.com/jktrn/astro-erudite) v2.0.1, and references from [Maggie Appleton](https://github.com/MaggieAppleton/maggieappleton.com-V3)'s digital garden and al-folio. ## Development - [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVELOPMENT.md): architecture, commands, Erudite v2 principles, and theme publishing checklist. - [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md): contribution workflow and pull request expectations. Common checks: ```bash pnpm format:check pnpm lint pnpm lint:styles pnpm test:markdown pnpm astro check pnpm build ```
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