Hugo-based documentation site theme with clean navigation and structure
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compose — Hugo Documentation Template
By onweru
Compose is a Hugo-based documentation site theme that provides clean navigation and structure, with built-in Tina CMS configuration, galleries, live search, charts, and Mermaid support.
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Includes Tina CMS configuration for content editing
Built-in live search, syntax highlighting, and Mermaid diagram support
Supports flowcharts, pie charts, donut charts, and bar charts
Provides searchable and sortable tables, galleries, and native image lazy loading
exampleSite also serves as the theme's user guide
Template Details
Compose is a Hugo theme developed by onweru, positioned as a documentation website theme. The README states that it provides clean navigation and structure, and the exampleSite in the repository also serves as the theme's user guide, which can be generated and previewed locally via Hugo.
In terms of features, the theme includes documentation pages, Tina CMS support (with configuration included), galleries, native image lazy loading, live search, flowcharts/pie charts/donut charts/bar charts, searchable and sortable tables, syntax highlighting, and Mermaid support. The official documentation site is divided into pages covering theme installation, Tina CMS usage, site customization, search configuration, shortcodes, and Mermaid.
The license is MIT, permitting free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code, provided that the copyright notice and license notice are retained when distributing; third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses.
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Use Cases
- Building documentation sites for products, projects, or tools
- Documentation sites requiring in-site live search and code syntax highlighting
- Sites wanting to embed Mermaid diagrams or flowcharts in documentation
- Documentation sites needing display content such as galleries and searchable, sortable tables
Suitable For
- Developers building documentation sites with Hugo
- Teams needing to integrate Tina CMS into their documentation
- Authors wanting to display charts and flowcharts in documentation
Getting started & customization
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Obtain the repository via git clone --recurse-submodules --depth 1, then enter exampleSite and run hugo server --themesDir ../.. to preview the user guide locally
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Instructions for installation, Tina CMS, customization, search, shortcodes, and Mermaid are available in the official documentation at composedocs.netlify.app
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Before use, verify the licenses of third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons; the code's MIT license does not cover these assets
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- Hugo Themes
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- More documented · 91 / 100
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- Hugo
- Website type
- Documentation
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Source file / repository# Compose Compose is a [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) theme for documentation websites. The theme provides a simple navigation & structure.  ## Features 1. Documentation 2. Tina CMS support. Ships with configuration 3. Gallery Support 4. Native lazy loading of images 5. Live search 6. Flowcharts, Piecharts, doughnut & bar charts support 7. Searchable & Sortable tables 8. Syntax highlighting 9. Mermaid Support ## Documentation - [Install Compose theme](https://composedocs.netlify.app/docs/compose/install-theme/) - [Use Tina CMS](https://composedocs.netlify.app/docs/compose/use-tina-cms/) - [Customize your site](https://composedocs.netlify.app/docs/compose/customize/) - [Configure search](https://composedocs.netlify.app/docs/compose/search/) - [Shortcodes](https://composedocs.netlify.app/docs/compose/shortcodes/) - [Mermaid](https://composedocs.netlify.app/docs/compose/mermaid/) ## ExampleSite The [exampleSite](https://github.com/onweru/compose/tree/master/exampleSite) serves as this theme's [user guide](https://composedocs.netlify.app/docs/compose/install-theme/) . This guide covers the necessary bits. As the project evolves, the user-guide will get more comprehensive You can use Hugo to generate and serve a local copy of the guide (also useful for testing local theme changes). ``` git clone --recurse-submodules --depth 1 https://github.com/onweru/compose.git cd compose/exampleSite/ hugo server --themesDir ../.. ``` ### Also built by Weru 1. [Clarity Theme](https://github.com/chipzoller/hugo-clarity) 2. [Newsroom Theme](https://github.com/onweru/newsroom) 3. [Swift Theme](https://github.com/onweru/hugo-swift-theme) 4. [Browse Theme](https://github.com/onweru/browse) ## License This theme is available under the [MIT license](https://github.com/onweru/compose/blob/master/LICENSE).
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