Hugo theme, added to the project's themes directory via git submodule
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hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme — Hugo Blog Template
By sivaprasadreddy
A clean Hugo theme for technical blogs, offering lightweight, mobile-friendly layouts for blog and taxonomy pages.
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README states it requires Hugo extended edition, v0.164 or higher
Provides a clean, light-colored blog layout with mobile responsiveness
Includes built-in blog and taxonomy page structures
Comes with an online demo site and homepage screenshot
Code is MIT licensed, allowing modification, commercial use, and distribution
Template Details
This is a Hugo theme for technical writing, with the repository name hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme and author sivaprasadreddy. The theme is positioned as a clean, classic blog appearance. Features listed in the README include a clean and simple design, light color scheme and mobile friendliness, and simple blog and taxonomy support.
Usage follows the standard Hugo theme workflow: add the theme to the project's themes directory via git submodule, set the theme field in hugo.toml, then preview locally with hugo server. The README requires Hugo extended edition, version v0.164 or higher.
The repository provides an online demo site and includes a homepage screenshot. The code is MIT licensed, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution, but third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification.
HugoBlog
Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- Building a personal technical blog with Hugo
- Replacing an existing Hugo site with a clean blog theme
- Technical writing sites that need taxonomy pages to organize articles
Suitable For
- Developers using Hugo who prefer a clean, classic blog appearance
- Technical writers who need mobile readability
- Site maintainers who want to modify an MIT-licensed theme themselves
Getting started & customization
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Install Hugo extended edition first; the README requires v0.164 or higher
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Run git submodule add in the Hugo project root to add the theme to themes/hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme
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Set theme = 'hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme' in hugo.toml
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Run hugo server to preview locally
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Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification
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
- Free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's 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
- Using this theme requires Hugo extended edition, version v0.164 or higher; non-extended or lower versions may not build correctly.
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets require separate license verification and cannot be judged solely by the code's MIT license.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur additional fees.
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge
Original License Text
https://github.com/sivaprasadreddy/hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme/blob/main/LICENSEhttps://github.com/sivaprasadreddy/hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme/blob/main/README.md[Install Hugo](https://gohugo.io/installation/) extended edition, v0.164 or higher
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Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 72 / 100
- Technologies
- Hugo
- Website type
- Blog
How this score is calculated
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- 2026-08-02
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- 2026-10-03
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Source file / repository# Hugo Tech Blog Classic Theme [Live Demo](https://sivaprasadreddy.github.io/hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme/)  ## Features - Clean simple design - Light and Mobile-Friendly - Simple blog and taxonomy ## Requirements - [Install Hugo](https://gohugo.io/installation/) extended edition, v0.164 or higher ## Quick Start ```sh hugo new project quickstart cd quickstart git init git submodule add https://github.com/sivaprasadreddy/hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme themes/hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme echo "theme = 'hugo-tech-blog-classic-theme'" >> hugo.toml hugo server ```
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