Minimal Gatsby starter providing a static site foundation
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gatsby-starter-site — Gatsby Starter Template
By rusi
A minimal Gatsby starter template with a Bootstrap navbar, Typography.js typography, and Highlight.js code highlighting, suited for quickly setting up a static site skeleton.
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Overrides default html and page templates and replaces Gatsby's built-in html and markdown wrappers
Markdown wrapper integrates Highlight.js for syntax highlighting of code blocks
Includes TypographyJS for typography
Uses Bootswatch Bootstrap styles with a navbar; theme can be changed by swapping stylesheets
README provides a Netlify deploy button and installation and development commands
Template Details
This template is a Gatsby starter published by rusi on GitHub, positioned as a minimal static site starting point. The README shows it is installed via `gatsby new your-site-dir gh:rusi/gatsby-starter-site`, started in development with `gatsby develop`, and provides a Netlify deploy button.
The template overrides several Gatsby defaults: creating `/html.js` in the root replaces the default HTML template, and `/pages/_template.js` replaces the default page template; the project also overrides Gatsby's built-in html and markdown wrappers and adds extra wrappers with reference to the clean starter. The markdown wrapper md.js uses Highlight.js for syntax highlighting of code blocks, with style files placed in the css/ directory.
For typography, TypographyJS is included; the interface uses Bootstrap styles from Bootswatch and adds a navbar, and the theme can be changed by including a different Bootstrap stylesheet in html.js. The repository's last update was in 2017, and the README does not describe testing, build artifacts, or long-term maintenance, so dependency and Gatsby version compatibility should be checked before use.
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Use Cases
- Quickly create a Gatsby static site skeleton and fill in content yourself
- Documentation or blog prototypes that need markdown code highlighting and TypographyJS typography
- Adjusting interface styles starting from a Bootswatch theme and navbar
- Deploying the repository directly to Netlify via the Netlify deploy button
Suitable For
- Developers familiar with Gatsby and React who want to start from a minimal template
- Static site projects that need overridable default templates and wrappers
- Users who accept maintaining dependencies and version compatibility themselves
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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Install Gatsby first, then run gatsby new your-site-dir gh:rusi/gatsby-starter-site to create the project
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Start the development environment with gatsby develop
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Change the Bootswatch theme by including a different Bootstrap stylesheet in html.js
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The repository was last updated in 2017; check dependency versions and compatibility with current Gatsby before use
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses
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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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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 60 / 100
- Technologies
- Gatsby · React
- Website type
- Starter
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- Repository update recorded
- 2017-02-28
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-02
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Source file / repository# Minimalistic Gatsby Starter Template --- # Installation --- Install this starter (assuming Gatsby is installed) by running from your CLI: ``` gatsby new your-site-dir gh:rusi/gatsby-starter-site ``` # Running in development ``` gatsby develop ``` # Deploy [](https://app.netlify.com/start/deploy?repository=https://github.com/rusi/gatsby-starter-site) # Customizations ## Default Templates Gatsby is currently using the default template for HTML. You can override this functionality by creating a React component at "/html.js" You can see what this default template does by visiting: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/blob/master/lib/isomorphic/html.js Gatsby is currently using the default _template. You can override it by creating a React component at "/pages/_template.js". You can see what this default template does by visiting: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/blob/master/lib/isomorphic/pages/_template.js ## Wrappers By default Gatsby has two built-in wrappers for html and markdown (see https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/tree/master/lib/isomorphic/wrappers) This project overwrites the default wrappers and adds a few more wrappers copied form the "clean" starter template. ### wrappers/md.js styles The default Gatsby markdown loader parses the markdown into HTML and uses Highlight.js to syntax highlight code blocks. The md.js wrapper includes a [highlightjs](https://highlightjs.org) style which is copied under the css/ directory. See a [demo](https://highlightjs.org/static/demo/) of available styles that can be downloaded from https://github.com/isagalaev/highlight.js/tree/master/src/styles ## Typography The template includes the use of [TypographyJS](http://kyleamathews.github.io/typography.js/) ## Bootstrap & NavBar The template uses Bootstrap template from [Bootswatch](https://bootswatch.com) and adds a navigation bar. You can change the theme by including a different Bootstrap stylesheet in html.js.
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