Minimalist black-and-white blog theme style
hugo-theme-kia — Hugo Blog Template
By sean9999
hugo-theme-kia is a Hugo theme for blogs with a minimalist black-and-white style, supporting multilingual content, Disqus comments, and SEO-related configuration.
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Multilingual content managed in separate directories via Hugo languages configuration
Supports Disqus comments with account name configurable
Provides SEO-related templates and a Twitter Cards toggle
Allows uniform custom content to be inserted at the top or bottom of each post
Supports injecting additional scripts and styles via extraHead and extraCSSFiles
Template Details
The repository is named hugo-theme-kia, and the README describes it as YinYang—a black-and-white Hugo blog theme with a demo site at blog.joway.io. It is positioned for personal blogs: posts go under the main section (default posts), footer social links are configurable, and custom content can be inserted at the top or bottom of each post.
In terms of features, the README lists a minimalist style, multilingual support, Disqus comments, and SEO optimization. Multilingual support is implemented through Hugo's languages configuration, with content for different languages placed in separate contentDir directories. For SEO and social sharing, a Twitter Cards toggle is provided, requiring an images list in the post front matter.
Configuration is centralized in config.toml: headTitle sets the page title and falls back to the site author's name if unset; mainSections specifies the main content area; the socials array defines footer links; extraHead and extraCSSFiles inject additional scripts and styles; postHeaderContent and postFooterContent insert uniform content into each post. The example configuration also shows Goldmark rendering, code highlighting style, and Disqus account name settings.
Installation involves cloning the repository into the site's themes directory and setting theme = "yinyang" in config.toml. The repository is MIT-licensed, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version of the code, but third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification, and external services like domains and hosting may incur costs.
Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- Building a personal technical blog or writing site
- Blogs requiring multilingual content maintained in separate directories, such as Chinese and English
- Sites wanting to use Disqus as the post comment system
- Blogs needing to uniformly insert subscription or promotional content before or after posts
Suitable For
- Developers building static blogs with Hugo
- Writers who prefer a minimalist black-and-white reading interface
- Content maintainers needing a multilingual blog structure
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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Clone the theme repository into the site's themes directory and set theme = "yinyang" in config.toml
- 2
Configure parameters such as headTitle, mainSections, and socials in params; if headTitle is unset, it falls back to the site author's name
- 3
For multilingual support, specify contentDir, languageName, and weight for each language under languages, and place posts in the corresponding directories
- 4
To enable Disqus, enter the Disqus account name in params; to enable Twitter Cards, set twitterCards = true and provide an images list in the post front matter
- 5
Use extraHead, extraCSSFiles, postHeaderContent, and postFooterContent to inject additional scripts, styles, or content before and after posts
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 this version of the code and does not imply that external services or third-party assets are free.
Must comply with when using
- 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.
Additional costs & items to verify
- Enabling comments requires entering a Disqus account name in params; comment data is hosted on the third-party Disqus service, requiring your own account registration and subject to its terms of service.
- The example configuration injects a Google Analytics script, which is an external third-party service; you must obtain your own tracking ID and comply with its terms, which may entail data compliance obligations.
- The subscription link in the example points to the author's own Mailchimp mailing list, an external service; using it directly would point to someone else's account, so it must be replaced with your own link.
- The installation command uses SSH to clone the author's repository, requiring GitHub SSH key configuration; alternatively, an HTTPS URL can be used for cloning.
- The demo site is the author's personal blog; the licenses for images, fonts, icons, and other assets within it are not stated in the README and must be verified separately before reuse.
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked against their respective licenses and cannot be assumed to be covered solely by the code's MIT license.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur additional charges.
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge
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disqus = "joway" # disqus account name
Original README
extraHead = '<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-xxx"></script>'
Original README
postFooterContent = "<br/><br/><p>Subscribe:<a target='_blank' href='https://mailchi.mp/a1a0d59e7a19/joway'>Joway's Blog</a></p>"
Original README
git clone [email protected]:joway/hugo-theme-yinyang.git themes/yinyang
Original README
https://github.com/sean9999/hugo-theme-kia/blob/master/LICENSE.mdhttps://github.com/sean9999/hugo-theme-kia/blob/master/README.md[**Demo**](https://blog.joway.io)
Original README
Compiled by DeepSeek based on repository license and README ·2026-10-03. Results only cover the materials read; dependencies, images, fonts, and subsequent term changes are subject to their respective original texts.
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 72 / 100
- Technologies
- Hugo
- Website type
- Blog
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- 2026-08-12
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-03
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2026-10-03T00:54:41.422Z
Source file / repository# YinYang [YinYang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang) is a black-white theme for [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/). [**Demo**](https://blog.joway.io) ## Feature - minimalist - multi-language support - [disqus](https://disqus.com) support - [SEO Optimization](https://github.com/joway/hugo-theme-yinyang/blob/master/layouts/partials/seo.html) ## Screenshot  ## Installation From the root of your site: ```shell git clone [email protected]:joway/hugo-theme-yinyang.git themes/yinyang ``` Change `config.toml`: ```toml theme = "yinyang" ``` ## Configuration ### Head Title ``` [params] headTitle = "Joway Wang" ``` If there is no `headTitle` in params, use `.Site.Author.name`. ### Main section Set your main section: ``` [params] mainSections = ["posts"] ``` ### Multi-Language ``` [languages] [languages.en] contentDir = "content/en" languageName = "English" weight = 1 [languages.cn] contentDir = "content/cn" languageName = "Chinese" weight = 2 ``` Then your posts files should be put into `content/en` or `content/cn`. ### Footer ``` [[params.socials]] name = "About Me" link = "https://joway.io" [[params.socials]] name = "Github" link = "https://github.com/joway" ``` ### Extra Head ``` [params] extraHead = '<script src="xxxx.js"></script>' ``` ### Extra CSS files ``` [params] extraCSSFiles = ["css/foo.css", "css/bar.css"] ``` ### Twitter Cards Add the following setting: ``` [params] twitterCards = true ``` In a post's front matter, include a keyword `images` with a value of a list of URLs of images that will be used for Twitter Cards. ### Insert content on every post ``` [params] postHeaderContent = "" postFooterContent = "<br/><br/><p>Subscribe:<a target='_blank' href='https://mailchi.mp/a1a0d59e7a19/joway'>Joway's Blog</a></p>" ``` ### Example ``` baseURL = "https://blog.joway.io/" languageCode = "en-us" title = "Joway's Blog" theme = "yinyang" DefaultContentLanguage = "cn" [markup] [markup.goldmark] [markup.goldmark.renderer] unsafe = true [markup.highlight] guessSyntax = true noClasses = true style = "bw" tabWidth = 2 [author] name = "Joway" homepage = "https://joway.io/" [languages] [languages.en] contentDir = "content/en" languageName = "English" weight = 1 [languages.cn] contentDir = "content/cn" languageName = "Chinese" weight = 2 [params] mainSections = ["posts"] headTitle = "Joway Wang" disqus = "joway" # disqus account name extraHead = '<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-xxx"></script>' [[params.socials]] name = "About Me" link = "https://joway.io" [[params.socials]] name = "Github" link = "https://github.com/joway" postHeaderContent = "" postFooterContent = "<br/><br/><p>Subscribe to:<a target='_blank' href='https://mailchi.mp/a1a0d59e7a19/joway'>Joway's Blog</a></p>" # extraCSSFiles = ["css/foo.css", "css/bar.css"] extraCSSFiles = [] ```
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