Built with Astro and styled with TailwindCSS, inspired by sidey-jekyll
AstroJekyllBlog
astro-sidey — Astro Blog Template
By odhyp
astro-sidey is a minimal personal blog theme built with Astro and TailwindCSS, inspired by sidey-jekyll. It is MIT-licensed and suited to developers, writers, and digital gardeners publishing written content.
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Minimal design with few files and little styling, making it easy to modify
Typography-first, using the Geist font and Flexoki light/dark color schemes
Supports Expressive Code syntax highlighting, line numbers, and collapsible sections
Automatically generates routes, RSS feeds, and sitemaps, with MDX support
Provides an image lightbox and View Transitions client-side navigation
Template Details
astro-sidey is a content-first, side-anchored minimal blog theme built with Astro, styled with TailwindCSS, and informed by the design of sidey-jekyll. It targets developers, writers, and digital gardeners, emphasizing reduced distraction and letting text appear on a clean canvas.
Feature-wise, the theme provides automatic route generation based on folder structure, a single configuration file sidey.config.ts, automatic RSS feed and sitemap generation, MDX support, Expressive Code syntax highlighting (with line numbers and collapsible sections), an image lightbox, View Transitions client-side navigation, and typography and light/dark modes based on the Geist font and Flexoki color palette.
For content organization, src/content/pages/home.mdx maps to the root path /, src/content/pages/about.mdx maps to /about, and files under src/content/writings/ map to /writings/ paths. To get started quickly, create a repository from the template on GitHub, then clone it, install dependencies, run the development command, and fill in your personal information in sidey.config.ts.
Regarding licensing, the repository uses the MIT license, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code, provided the copyright notice and license notice are retained; third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses, and 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 and publishing written content
- As a personal site for developers or writers
- For digital-garden-style content organization and display
- For technical blogs that need Markdown/MDX writing and code highlighting
Suitable For
- Developers who want to get started quickly while keeping a minimal style
- Writers who prefer Markdown/MDX writing
- Content sites that need automatic RSS and sitemap generation
- Users who accept the MIT license and verify third-party assets themselves
Getting started & customization
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Click Use this template on GitHub to create a new repository, then clone it locally
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Run npm install to install dependencies, then run npm run dev to start the development environment
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Open sidey.config.ts and fill in your personal information; this is the main configuration entry point
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Place content files under src/content/pages and src/content/writings; paths map directly to URLs
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked under their respective licenses; external services such as domains and hosting may incur separate charges
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 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.
- 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 must be checked 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.
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- More documented · 92 / 100
- Technologies
- Astro · Jekyll
- Website type
- Blog
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- Repository update recorded
- 2026-08-21
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-02
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2026-10-02T09:47:08.013Z
Source file / repository# Astro Sidey A content-focused, side-anchored minimalist theme designed for developers, writers, and digital gardeners. Built on Astro. Nothing in the way, just your words on a clean, fast canvas. **[Live Demo](https://sidey.odhyp.com)** · **[Getting Started](https://sidey.odhyp.com/writings/1-getting-started)** --- ## Features - **Minimal by design** — few files, little styling, easy to modify - **Typography first** — set in [Geist](https://vercel.com/font) with a clean, readable prose layout - **Flexoki color scheme** — a warm, paper-like palette for comfortable reading in light/dark mode - **Expressive Code** — syntax highlighting with line numbers and collapsible sections - **Image lightbox** — click any image to open it full screen - **Auto-generated routes** — folder structure maps directly to URLs - **Single config file** — everything lives in `sidey.config.ts` - **View Transitions** — smooth client-side navigation - **RSS Feed & Sitemap** — generated automatically from your content - **MDX support** — use components inside your markdown ## Quick Start Click **Use this template** on GitHub to create a new repository, then: ```bash git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo.git cd your-repo npm install npm run dev ``` Open `sidey.config.ts` and fill in your details. That is the whole setup. ## Content Structure | File | URL | | ---------------------------------- | ------------------- | | `src/content/pages/home.mdx` | `/` | | `src/content/pages/about.mdx` | `/about` | | `src/content/writings/my-post.mdx` | `/writings/my-post` | Read more about content structure at [sidey.odhyp.com/writings/2-content-structure](https://sidey.odhyp.com/writings/2-content-structure). ## Built With - [Astro](https://astro.build) - [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com) - [Expressive Code](https://expressive-code.com) - [Geist](https://vercel.com/font) - [Flexoki](https://stephango.com/flexoki) ## License MIT License. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for details.
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