An Eleventy-based classic blog theme, with the layout ported from Hyde and rewritten as Nunjucks templates
EleventyBlogStarter
eleventy-classic-blog-starter — Eleventy Blog Template
By TigersWay
An Eleventy-based classic-themed blog starter that uses Nunjucks templates and a Hyde-style layout, with built-in code highlighting, image processing, and font setup.
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Uses highlight.js for code highlighting and markdown-it-eleventy-img to process Markdown images
Fonts are provided by Fontsource, and styles are organized with PostCSS
The v2 version removes the Gulp workflow and reorganizes the build around Eleventy itself
Provides online demos for Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, Render, and Vercel
Licensed under MIT, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution
Template Details
This is a "classic-themed" blog starter repository built with Eleventy. The author positions it as a highly personalized template and notes that the project will continue to be adjusted. The repository underwent a complete rewrite (v2) at the end of 2022, removing the Gulp-related workflow and reorganizing the build around Eleventy itself.
The theme is partly derived from Hyde's Liquid layout, ported to Nunjucks templates. The CSS largely follows the original styles, with some WCAG contrast fixes. The toolchain uses highlight.js for code highlighting, markdown-it-eleventy-img to process images in Markdown, and Fontsource for fonts.
The repository provides demo URLs for four platforms: Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, Render, and Vercel, indicating it can be deployed directly to these static hosting services. The license is MIT, allowing free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution, but third-party assets such as demo images, fonts, and icons require separate license verification.
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Is it right for your project?
Use Cases
- Building a personal blog focused on post lists and detail pages
- Needing a Markdown writing site with code highlighting and image processing capabilities
- Wanting to use an existing theme as a base and replace it with your own styles and content structure
- Deploying to static hosting platforms such as Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, Render, or Vercel
Suitable For
- Individual developers familiar with or willing to learn Eleventy and Nunjucks
- Writers who need a blog with a classic typographic style
- Front-end developers who want to start from a starter and customize the theme further
Getting started & customization
Use these recorded setup notes alongside the repository instructions for your chosen version.
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The repository depends on Eleventy and markdown-it-eleventy-img; refer to package.json for specific versions
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The template is the author's personalized configuration, and the README states the project is still being adjusted; it is advisable to review the directory structure 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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The MIT license requires retaining the copyright notice and the full license notice when distributing copies or substantial portions of the code
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 mean external services or third-party assets are free.
Must comply with when using
- Permits free use, modification, commercial use, and distribution of that 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.
Additional costs & items to verify
- This repository is an Eleventy blog starter template and requires Eleventy and Nunjucks skills; it is not an out-of-the-box general-purpose website.
- The author states the template is highly personalized and in long-term development; assess stability and adaptation costs before use.
- The theme layout is ported from the Hyde project, so redistribution or modification must also comply with its original license and attribution requirements.
- 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 domains, hosting, databases, payments, or AI may incur separate charges.
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge
Original License Text
A starter repository for a "classic-themed" blog website using Eleventy.
Original README
Of course, a very opinionated one, and probably forever, a work in progress!
Original README
https://github.com/TigersWay/eleventy-classic-blog-starter/blob/main/LICENSEhttps://github.com/TigersWay/eleventy-classic-blog-starter/blob/main/README.mdNunjucks port - with (nearly) same CSS - based on liquid layouts from [Hyde](https://hyde.getpoole.com/) by [@mdo](https://twitter.com/mdo)
Original README
Compiled by DeepSeek based on repository license and README ·2026-10-01. Results only cover the materials read; dependencies, images, fonts, and subsequent term changes are subject to their respective original texts.
Project checks & description sources
Template Information
- Source platforms
- GitHub
- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- More documented · 92 / 100
- Technologies
- Eleventy
- Website type
- Blog · Starter
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- Repository update recorded
- 2026-03-18
- Screenshot last checked
- 2026-10-01
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Source file / repository# eleventy-classic-blog-starter  
A starter repository for a "classic-themed" blog website using Eleventy.
Of course, a very opinionated one, and probably forever, a work in progress!
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Demo: [](https://eleventy-classic-blog-starter.pages.dev/)
[](https://eleventy-classic-blog-starter.netlify.app/)
[](https://eleventy-classic-blog-starter.onrender.com/)
[](https://eleventy-classic-blog-starter.vercel.app/)
## Completely re-written v2
At the end of 2022, Gulp and its plugins seem to be gone, and Eleventy has been updated quite a lot.
It was time to clean-up this template/starter!
## Tools
- [Eleventy](https://www.11ty.dev/)
- [highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org/)
- [markdown-it-eleventy-img](https://github.com/solution-loisir/markdown-it-eleventy-img)
- [Fontsource](https://fontsource.org/)
## Theme
- Nunjucks port - with (nearly) same CSS - based on liquid layouts from [Hyde](https://hyde.getpoole.com/) by [@mdo](https://twitter.com/mdo)
- Some WCAG contrast corrections
## Bug reports, feature requests... or even stars
This is an ongoing project - even if I don't modify it everyday - and every suggestions, contributions or even stars are most welcome!
## CHANGELOG
- **v2.0.2** (2026-03-18)
- Update all dependencies again, "Smart Hosters" are getting newer engines
- Cloudflare Pages v3
- **v2.0.0**
- Update all dependencies
- eleventy-img plugin through markdown-it-eleventy-img
- Layout corrections
- css: postcss & fontsource
- spell-checker
- **v1.0.0**
- Lighthouse 4 x 100%
- Color corrections (WCAG2AA)
- RSS
- Filter `excerpt` without cheerio
- moment -> dayjs
- Re-visit Gulp/eleventy organization
- Static folders
- Fonts
- PostCSS
- Delete FrontAid CMS files - CMS tests will be done later
- **v0.6.1**
- First try on "Cloudflare Pages"
- Added robots.txt
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