Provides a documentation menu, optional page table of contents, and heading anchor links
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hugo-theme-techdoc — Hugo Documentation Template
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hugo-theme-techdoc is a Hugo technical documentation theme developed by thingsym, released under the MIT license, offering a responsive layout, documentation menu, table of contents, code highlighting, and custom shortcodes.
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Built-in custom shortcodes for code highlighting (with clipboard), notice panels, and buttons
Supports Algolia search shortcode, Open Graph, and Google Analytics/GTM
Responsive layout with two menu styles: Open Menu and Slide Menu
Supports three installation methods: git submodule, Hugo module, or direct cloning
MIT licensed, with an exampleSite and Docker development environment included in the repository
Template Details
hugo-theme-techdoc is a Hugo theme for technical documentation, hosted at thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc and released under the MIT license. The theme requires Hugo version 0.146.0 or later and is compatible with the default Goldmark Markdown parser.
The theme provides a responsive layout, a documentation menu (Select Menu style, with Open Menu and Slide Menu variants), an optional page table of contents, theme color schemes, an edit link pointing to the documentation repository, heading anchor links, and custom shortcodes: code highlighting with clipboard, notice panels, and buttons. The search shortcode is powered by Algolia, and Open Graph plus Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager analytics integrations are included.
Installation options include git submodule, Hugo module, or cloning directly into the themes directory; example configuration can be found in hugo.toml within exampleSite. For local development, you can preview with hugo server or run the example site via Docker Compose; the theme source uses SCSS and a webpack/gulp build.
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Use Cases
- Writing technical documentation sites for open-source projects or products
- Building a Markdown documentation hub with a side menu and table of contents
- Documentation pages that need code highlighting, notice panels, and Algolia search
- Building with Hugo and deploying to public_html or static hosting
Suitable For
- Developers using Hugo who need a documentation theme
- Teams maintaining open-source project documentation
- Authors who want to write technical manuals in Markdown
Getting started & customization
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Requires Hugo version 0.146.0 or later and is compatible with the Goldmark parser
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Can be installed via git submodule, Hugo module, or cloning into the themes directory
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Configure theme options in hugo.toml (or hugo.yaml/hugo.json); refer to the exampleSite example
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Preview locally with hugo server -t hugo-theme-techdoc; deploy with hugo -t hugo-theme-techdoc -d public_html
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External services such as Algolia search and Google Analytics require your own configuration and may incur costs
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Usage conditions & limitations
Free to use · keep license noticeThis entry covers the free version in the public repository under the MIT license; the free scope applies to that version's code and does not imply that external services or third-party assets are free.
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- You may use, modify, commercially use, and distribute this version's code for free.
- 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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- The search shortcode relies on the third-party Algolia service; you must register an account, obtain API keys, and configure an index, which may incur costs. Without configuration, the search function is unavailable.
- Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager analytics integrations require external Google services and configuration of the corresponding account/tracking ID; these are optional features.
- Using this theme requires Hugo version 0.146.0 or later; lower versions cannot build properly.
- Demo images, fonts, icons, and other third-party assets must be checked against their respective licenses; the code's MIT license alone does not determine their status.
- External services such as domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur additional charges.
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Search Shortcode powered by [Algolia](https://www.algolia.com/)
Original README
Analytics with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager
Original README
https://github.com/thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc/blob/master/LICENSE.mdhttps://github.com/thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc/blob/master/README.mdHugo minimum version: 0.146.0
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Source file / repository# Hugo Theme Techdoc The Techdoc is a Hugo Theme for technical documentation.  - Hugo Themes page: [https://themes.gohugo.io/themes/hugo-theme-techdoc/](https://themes.gohugo.io/themes/hugo-theme-techdoc/) - Demo site: [https://thingsym.github.io/hugo-theme-techdoc/](https://thingsym.github.io/hugo-theme-techdoc/) - Download: [https://github.com/thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc](https://github.com/thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc) ## Features * Modern, Simple layout * Responsive web design * Documentation menu (Select Menu style) * Table Of Contents for the page (selective) * Theme color * Edit link to documentation repository * Header link to HTML headings * Custom Shortcodes * Code highlight with clipboard * Alert panel * Button * Search Shortcode powered by [Algolia](https://www.algolia.com/) * Open Graph * Analytics with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager ## Screenshot ### Theme color  ### Menu style #### Open Menu  #### Slide Menu  ### Edit link  ## Getting Started ### Requirement Hugo minimum version: 0.146.0 Default Markdown parser library `Goldmark` compatible ### Install Hugo theme on your project as a git submodule If you have git installed, you can include hugo-theme-techdoc repository into your core repository as submodule using `git submodule` within your project directory. ``` cd your_project git submodule add https://github.com/thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc.git themes/hugo-theme-techdoc ``` For more information read [the Hugo documentation](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/). ### Or install Hugo theme on your project as a Hugo module If you have Go installed, you can add hugo-theme-techdoc to your site as a Hugo module instead of a git submodule. Navigate to your Hugo project root and edit your `hugo.toml`: ```toml [module] [[module.imports]] path = 'github.com/thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc' ``` Then, to install/update the hugo-theme-techdoc module, run: ``` hugo mod get -u ``` ### Or download Hugo theme on your project If you have git installed, you can do the following at the command-line-interface within your project directory. ``` cd your_project/themes git clone https://github.com/thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc.git ``` ### Configure You may specify options in hugo.toml (or hugo.yaml/hugo.json) of your site to make use of this theme's features. For an example of `hugo.toml`, [hugo.toml](https://github.com/thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc/blob/master/exampleSite/hugo.toml) in exampleSite. ### Update Hugo theme for git submodule ``` git submodule update --remote git add themes/hugo-theme-techdoc git commit ``` ### Directory layout ``` tree . -I node_modules . ├── LICENSE.md ├── README.md ├── archetypes │ └── default.md ├── compose.yml ├── exampleSite │ └── .. ├── gulpfile.js ├── images │ └── .. ├── layouts │ ├── 404.html │ ├── blog │ │ ├── li.html │ │ ├── list.html │ │ ├── single.html │ │ └── summary.html │ ├── _default │ │ ├── baseof.html │ │ ├── list.algolia.json │ │ ├── list.html │ │ └── single.html │ ├── index.html │ ├── partials │ │ ├── content-footer.html │ │ ├── custom-css.html │ │ ├── custom-head.html │ │ ├── edit-meta.html │ │ ├── edit-page.html │ │ ├── footer.html │ │ ├── global-menu.html │ │ ├── head.html │ │ ├── last-updated.html │ │ ├── menu │ │ │ ├── open-menu.html │ │ │ └── slide-menu.html │ │ ├── meta │ │ │ ├── chroma.html │ │ │ ├── google-analytics-async.html │ │ │ ├── google-site-verification.html │ │ │ └── tag-manager.html │ │ ├── notification.html │ │ ├── pagination.html │ │ ├── powered.html │ │ ├── prepend-body.html │ │ ├── search.html │ │ ├── sidebar-footer.html │ │ ├── sidebar.html │ │ ├── site-header.html │ │ └── table-of-contents.html │ ├── posts │ │ ├── list.html │ │ └── single.html │ ├── shortcodes │ ├── button.html │ ├── code.html │ ├── panel.html │ └── search.html ├── package-lock.json ├── package.json ├── resources ├── src │ ├── js │ │ ├── code.js │ │ ├── headerlink.js │ │ ├── jquery.backtothetop │ │ │ ├── jquery.backtothetop.js │ │ │ └── jquery.backtothetop.min.js │ │ ├── keydown-nav.js │ │ ├── main.js │ │ └── sidebar-menu.js │ └── scss │ ├── _component.scss │ ├── _project.scss │ ├── _structure.scss │ ├── _variable.scss │ ├── chroma.scss │ ├── foundation │ │ ├── _element.scss │ │ ├── _index.scss │ │ ├── _normalize.scss │ │ ├── _reset.scss │ │ └── _stack.scss │ ├── function │ │ ├── _calc-font-size.scss │ │ ├── _calc-stack.scss │ │ ├── _contrast-color.scss │ │ ├── _index.scss │ │ └── _strip-unit.scss │ └── theme.scss ├── static │ ├── css │ │ ├── chroma.css │ │ ├── chroma.min.css │ │ ├── theme.css │ │ └── theme.min.css │ ├── images │ └── js │ └── bundle.js ├── theme.toml └── webpack.config.js ``` ### Preview site To preview your site, run Hugo's built-in local server. ``` hugo server -t hugo-theme-techdoc ``` Browse site on http://localhost:1313 ## Deploy Site to public_html directory ``` hugo -t hugo-theme-techdoc -d public_html ``` ## Local development environment ### Preview exampleSite ``` cd /path/to/dir/themes/hugo-theme-techdoc/exampleSite hugo server --themesDir ../.. ``` Browse site on http://localhost:1313 ### Build development ``` cd /path/to/hugo-theme-techdoc npm install npm run gulp watch ``` ## Docker development environment ### Run Docker and Preview exampleSite ``` cd /path/to/hugo-theme-techdoc docker compose up -d ``` Browse site on http://localhost:1313 ### Deploy exampleSite to public_html directory ``` docker compose run --rm hugo -t hugo-theme-techdoc -d public_html --themesDir /hugo/themes ``` ### Stop container and remove container ``` docker compose down -v ``` ### Build development ``` cd /path/to/hugo-theme-techdoc docker compose run --rm node npm install docker compose run --rm node npm run watch ``` ## Contribution ### Patches and Bug Fixes Small patches and bug reports can be submitted a issue tracker in Github. Forking on Github is another good way. You can send a pull request. 1. Fork [Hugo Theme Techdoc](https://github.com/thingsym/hugo-theme-techdoc) from GitHub repository 2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature 3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature' 4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature 5. Create new Pull Request ## Changelog * Version 1.1.0 - 2026.03.12 * change Hugo minimum version 0.146.0 * fix hugo.toml * fix scss to adjust the layout * add eslint.config.js * update npm dependencies * remove gulp * fix absURL * change structure of layouts folder for New template system in Hugo v0.146.0 * update docker image * fix Error: html/template:blog/list.html [ #74 ] * Version 1.0.2 - 2025.01.30 * bump up version jQuery Plugin Back to the Top * Version 1.0.1 - 2024.08.20 * fix README * fix exampleSite document * fix sass * update npm dependencies * fix hugo config * rename docker-compose.yml to compose.yml * change hugo docker image * fix deprecation warning [ #68 ] * bring example site up to date [ #66 ] * fix typos [ #65 ] * fix github workflows * Version 1.0.0 - 2023.08.21 * update hugo docker image * update npm dependencies * allow to set branch of github documentation repository [ #64 ] * enable use as a Hugo module [ #63 ] * Version 0.9.9 - 2022.07.08 * fix scss * bump up version on jquery, jquery.easing and clipboard * update node package dependencies * change service name * change fontawesome delivery from cdn to self-host * fix config.toml * id and class elements added to menu items * pre and post elements added to menu items [ #48 ] * use SRI for CDN js sources [ #45 ] * fix heading styles * change to using math.div for division * Version 0.9.8 - 2021.10.18 * fix sample document * edit README * update package.json * add github_doc_repository_path * change to relative link * add workflows for publishing demo site to gh-pages * Version 0.9.7 - 2021.03.08 * add docker-compose.yml for development environment * change keyboard event from event.keyCode to event.key because it is deprecated * update package.json * add FUNDING.yml * fix space for minify publish * change flexbox-grid-mixins from libsass to dart-sass * Version 0.9.6 - 2020.11.22 * add sample Markdown Syntax * update sample document * replace scss from node-sass to dart-sass * Version 0.9.5 - 2020.11.05 * fix link style with Alert panel * Version 0.9.4 - 2020.10.08 * improve scss for custom shortcodes using css custom properties * change stack to css custom properties * fix scss * fix button shortcode, adding notice color * add Code highlight with clipboard custom shortcode * fix webpack.config.js * fix npm scripts * update package.json * adjust no sidebar layout * Version 0.9.3 - 2020.08.02 * remove jQuery dependency with keydown nav * add header link * Version 0.9.2 - 2020.06.14 * add note and sample to document * fix tableOfContents endLevel * add chapter 'unlimited levels' to document * add menu indentation up to 5 levels * Version 0.9.1 - 2020.05.24 * fix config.toml * fix url in rss meta link * remove line break in algolia.json * Version 0.9.0 - 2020.04.01 * fix lint config * update Sample Document * update jQuery to v3.4.1 * add search function and shortcode powered by Algolia * fix config.toml * fix sass * fix hugo deprecated warning * Version 0.8.3 - 2020.03.19 * fix edit page link * Version 0.8.2 - 2020.03.07 * fix open graph image path * Version 0.8.1 - 2020.03.07 * fix open graph image path * Version 0.8.0 - 2020.02.27 * update Sample Document * config.toml * add open graph image to exampleSite * add safeCSS for ZgotmplZ with generated by Hugo Template * Version 0.7.0 - 2020.02.07 * bump up Hugo minimum version to 0.60.0 * change shortcode delimiter from % to < * improve tableOfContents for Goldmark * Version 0.6.0 - 2020.01.13 * fix scss * gulp bump up version to 4.0 * fix hugo deprecated warning * Version 0.5.0 - 2019.12.08 * update Sample Document * add table of contents * add open graph * add function and stack scss * Version 0.4.0 - 2019.11.02 * update Sample Document * add Theme color * add Menu style * improve scss * Version 0.3.0 - 2019.10.06 * fix archetypes * add prepend-body.html for Tag Manager noscript version * change class name from menu to global-menu * rename partials files * fix javascript path for webpack * improve development environment * move javascript files to src directory * Version 0.2.2 - 2019.04.27 * fix Lastmod's and PublishDate's initial value of 0001-01-01 * Version 0.2.1 - 2018.12.07 * fix scss lint errors * change lint from scss-lint to stylelint * add published date * change the font color of powered by * fix link on powered by * Version 0.2.0 - 2018.11.21 * add screenshot images * add exampleSite * fix sub-menu for responsive * improve menu and pagination * Version 0.1.0 - 2018.03.04 * initial release ## License Techdoc is licensed under the MIT License. Techdoc bundles the following third-party resources: * CSS reset by [normalize.css](https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/), [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) * jQuery Plugin [Back to the Top](https://github.com/thingsym/jquery.backtothetop), [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) * Sass Mixin [Flexbox Grid Mixins](https://thingsym.github.io/flexbox-grid-mixins/), [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) * [jQuery](https://jquery.com/) * [jQuery Easing](https://github.com/gdsmith/jquery.easing) * [Font Awesome](https://fontawesome.com/) * [clipboard.js](https://clipboardjs.com/) * [algoliasearch](https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-client-javascript) * [Day.js](https://github.com/iamkun/dayjs) ## Author [thingsym](https://github.com/thingsym) Copyright (c) 2017-2026 by [thingsym](https://management.thingslabo.com/)
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