Homepage organized into three sections—projects, writing, and about—suitable for mixed personal portfolio and blog display
hugo-like-apple — Hugo Portfolio Template
By ncrnkr
hugo-like-apple is an Apple-inspired Hugo theme for building a personal portfolio and blog site, with a homepage organized into three sections: projects, posts, and about.
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Blog section uses an editorial-leaning layout
Visual style featuring gradients, glassmorphism, and smooth animations
Stated to be responsive
Repository includes a complete exampleSite for direct preview
Supports three installation methods: Git submodule, clone-and-copy, and Hugo Module
Template Details
This theme targets two types of content: personal portfolios and blogs. The homepage organizes information into three sections—projects, posts, and about—while the blog section uses an editorial-leaning layout. Visually, it employs gradients, glassmorphism, and smooth animations, and is stated to be responsive. The repository includes a complete exampleSite, and the root hugo.toml points to that example, so you can run hugo server directly to preview.
Three installation methods are provided: Git submodule, cloning and copying into the themes directory, or importing as a Hugo Module. Site information is configured via params in hugo.toml, including description, homepage title and subtitle, call-to-action button text and link, email, location, as well as array items such as social and projectHighlights.
The code is MIT-licensed and may be used, modified, commercialized, and distributed for free; however, third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification, and external services such as domains and hosting may incur costs. The README does not specify the theme's required Hugo version, nor does it provide browser compatibility ranges, accessibility support levels, or extension capabilities beyond content types.
Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- Build a personal portfolio site to showcase projects and a personal introduction
- Maintain a personal blog alongside it, publishing posts and sharing the same site with the portfolio
- Quickly preview the theme via exampleSite before deciding whether to use it
- Integrate the theme into an existing Hugo site as a Hugo Module
Suitable For
- Developers or designers building static sites with Hugo
- Personal sites that need a combined portfolio and blog
- Users who prefer an Apple-like minimalist visual style
- Users who want to freely modify and distribute the theme code under the MIT license
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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Installation options: Git submodule, clone and copy into the themes directory, or import as a Hugo Module
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In hugo.toml, set theme to like-apple and configure fields under params such as description, homepage copy, email, and location
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Social links and project highlights are configured via the params.social and params.projectHighlights arrays respectively
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The root hugo.toml points to exampleSite, so you can run hugo server directly to preview the example site
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked against their respective licenses; the MIT license alone is not sufficient to judge them
License & source material
Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version under the MIT license in the public repository; the free scope applies to that version's code and does not imply that external services or third-party assets are free.
Must comply with when using
- You may use, modify, commercialize, and distribute this version's code 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.
Additional costs & items to verify
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked against their respective licenses; the code's MIT license alone is not sufficient to judge them.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur additional charges.
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https://github.com/ncrnkr/hugo-like-apple/blob/main/LICENSEhttps://github.com/ncrnkr/hugo-like-apple/blob/main/README.mdPermission is hereby granted, free of charge
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Project checks & description sources
Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 73 / 100
- Technologies
- Hugo
- Website type
- Portfolio · Blog
How this score is calculated
Our heuristic uses license records (up to 30), a demo link (12), a preview (10), stars (15), recorded maintenance (15), description completeness (8), feature records (5) and classification data (5). It is not a code, security or performance test, or a Google score. A link does not establish tested functionality.
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- Repository update recorded
- 2026-02-01
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-03
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2026-10-03T15:05:47.569Z
Source file / repository# like Apple Apple-inspired Hugo theme for a personal portfolio and blog.  ## Features - Portfolio-focused homepage with projects, writing, and about sections - Clean editorial blog layouts - Smooth motion, gradients, and glass accents - Responsive design ## Installation ### Option A: Git submodule (recommended) ```bash hugo new site my-site cd my-site git submodule add <THEME_REPO_URL> themes/like-apple echo 'theme = "like-apple"' >> hugo.toml hugo server ``` ### Option B: Clone + copy ```bash hugo new site my-site cd my-site git clone <THEME_REPO_URL> themes/like-apple echo 'theme = "like-apple"' >> hugo.toml hugo server ``` ### Option C: Hugo Module ```bash hugo new site my-site cd my-site hugo mod init github.com/your-name/my-site echo 'theme = ["github.com/your-name/like-apple"]' >> hugo.toml hugo server ``` ## Example site (instant preview) The repository includes a full starter in `exampleSite/`. The root `hugo.toml` points to it, so you can run a preview without flags. From the theme root: ```bash hugo server ``` Or from inside `exampleSite/`: ```bash hugo server --themesDir ../.. ``` ### Example content See `exampleSite/` for a full starter site. ## Configuration Set the following params in `hugo.toml`: ```toml [params] description = "Designer & developer building calm, useful products." heroTitle = "Hello, I'm Alex." heroSubtitle = "I design minimal digital experiences with a human touch." heroCtaText = "See my work" heroCtaLink = "#projects" email = "[email protected]" location = "Munich, Germany" [[params.social]] name = "GitHub" url = "https://github.com/you" [[params.social]] name = "LinkedIn" url = "https://linkedin.com/in/you" [[params.projectHighlights]] title = "Ambient Notes" description = "A calm note-taking app that feels like paper." url = "https://example.com" tag = "Product" ``` ## License MIT License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
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