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Next.jsReactBlogStarter
blogging-website-template — Next.js Blog Template
By thekamalkashyap
A blog site template based on Next.js and Tailwind CSS, bootstrapped from tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog, supporting MDX writing, tags and multiple authors, PWA offline and installation, light and dark themes, and built-in SEO configurations such as RSS and sitemap.
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Supports separate pages for tags, multiple authors, and nested routes for blog posts
Server-side syntax highlighting with line numbers and line highlighting (rehype-prism-plus)
PWA capabilities: offline access, installable as a native app, custom install button
Built-in light and dark themes, top progress bar, and mobile-optimized views
SEO-related configurations include RSS subscription and sitemap
Template Details
This is a blog site template for individuals or small teams, built with Next.js and React, styled with Tailwind CSS, and featuring a primary color attribute for easy color adjustment. The README states that this template is bootstrapped from Timlrx's tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog and is positioned as a progressive web app (PWA).
On the content side, the template uses MDX for writing articles, allowing JSX within Markdown; it supports tags (each tag generates a separate page), multiple authors, and nested routes for blog posts. Code highlighting is done server-side, supports line numbers and line highlighting, and relies on rehype-prism-plus.
In terms of site capabilities, the template provides light and dark themes, a top progress bar, mobile-optimized views, offline access and installation as a native app, and includes a custom PWA install button. For SEO, it includes configurations such as RSS subscription and sitemap.
Usage limitations and notes: the repository does not provide a dependency list for verification, so specific framework version numbers are not listed; the Lighthouse scores mentioned in the README are the original author's test records and do not represent this template's performance in the current environment. Third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons must be checked separately under their respective licenses; the code is under the MIT license, which covers only the code of this version itself.
Next.jsReactBlogStarter
Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- Building a personal tech blog and wanting to manage articles with Markdown/MDX
- Needing to organize content by tags and give each tag its own page
- Multiple people collaborating on the same blog, requiring multiple author support
- Wanting the site to be accessible offline and installable on desktop or mobile devices
- Needing basic SEO outputs such as RSS and sitemap
Suitable For
- Developers familiar with Next.js and React who are willing to configure site metadata themselves
- Blog projects focused on text content that need tag and author dimensions
- Individuals or small teams wanting to start quickly with a ready-made template and deploy to Vercel
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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After downloading the repository via git clone, first modify siteMetadata.js to fill in site-related information
- 2
Modify authors/default.md to configure the primary author information
- 3
Adjust headerNavLinks.js as needed to customize navigation links, and add blog posts
- 4
For local development, run npm start or npm run dev, then visit http://localhost:3000
- 5
Run node ./scripts/compose.js to generate a new article with pre-filled front matter following interactive prompts
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.
Must comply with when using
- Permits free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of this version's code.
- 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 domain, hosting, database, payment, or AI may incur additional charges.
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Project checks & description sources
Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- More documented · 77 / 100
- Technologies
- Next.js · React
- Website type
- Blog · Starter
How this score is calculated
Our heuristic uses license records (up to 30), a demo link (12), a preview (10), stars (15), recorded maintenance (15), description completeness (8), feature records (5) and classification data (5). It is not a code, security or performance test, or a Google score. A link does not establish tested functionality.
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- Repository update recorded
- 2022-12-13
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-02
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Source file / repository# Progressive web app for Blogging
This is a [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) blogging site bootstrapped from [Timlrx's](https://github.com/timlrx) web [template](https://github.com/timlrx/tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog)
# Deploy with Vercel
[](https://vercel.com/new/git/external?repository-url=https://github.com/thekamalkashyap/blogging-website-template)
## Features
- Easy styling customization with [Tailwind 3.0](https://tailwindcss.com/blog/tailwindcss-v3) and primary color attribute
- Near perfect lighthouse score - [Lighthouse report](https://www.webpagetest.org/result/210111_DiC1_08f3670c3430bf4a9b76fc3b927716c5/)
- Mobile-friendly view
- Works offline
- Can install it as native app
- Custom install button for pwa
- Have top progress bar
- Light and dark theme
- [MDX - write JSX in markdown documents!](https://mdxjs.com/)
- Server-side syntax highlighting with line numbers and line highlighting via [rehype-prism-plus](https://github.com/timlrx/rehype-prism-plus)
- Support for tags - each unique tag will be its own page
- Support for multiple authors
- Support for nested routing of blog posts
- SEO friendly with RSS feed, sitemaps and more!
## Quick Start Guide
1. Downlod using git clone
2. Personalize `siteMetadata.js` (site related information)
3. Personalize `authors/default.md` (main author)
5. Modify `headerNavLinks.js` to customize navigation links
6. Add blog posts
7. Deploy on Vercel
## Development
First, run the development server:
```bash
npm start
```
or
```bash
npm run dev
```
Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) with your browser to see the result.
You can start editing the page by modifying `pages/index.js`. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.
### Compose
Run `node ./scripts/compose.js` to bootstrap a new post.
Follow the interactive prompt to generate a post with pre-filled front matter.
## Deploy
**Vercel**
The easiest way to deploy the template is to use the [Vercel Platform](https://vercel.com) from the creators of Next.js. Check out the [Next.js deployment documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/deployment) for more details.
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