Minimal, responsive dark theme with a black-gray background and green text
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Waffles — Hugo Blog Template
By UncleSocks
Waffles is a minimal, responsive dark Hugo blog theme created for CyBlog, with a color scheme inspired by hacker terminal aesthetics and influenced by the Risotto theme.
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Pure HTML/CSS implementation, without JavaScript or frameworks
Supports tags, an About page, and Font Awesome icons
Influenced by the Risotto Hugo theme, created for CyBlog
Provides an exampleSite sample site and MIT license
Template Details
Waffles is a Hugo blog theme created by the author for their personal site CyBlog. The theme uses a minimal, responsive dark design, with colors drawn from the familiar "hacker" terminal look: a black-gray background paired with green text. According to the README, its design is influenced by the Risotto Hugo theme, and its name comes from the author's Shih Tzu.
The current version is fairly basic and suits simple blog posts on hacking or cybersecurity topics. The theme uses pure HTML/CSS and does not rely on JavaScript or frameworks; pages adapt to different screen sizes, including phones; it supports a favicon (Font Awesome), tags, and an About page.
Installation involves cloning or downloading the repository into the Hugo site's themes directory, then setting theme = 'waffles' in hugo.toml or hugo.yaml. Menu, site title, description, and copyright information can be modified in the configuration file, and the exampleSite directory provides a sample site for reference. The README marks the theme status as "Under Development," indicating that features are still being developed.
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Use Cases
- Building a simple Hugo blog on hacking or cybersecurity topics
- Needing a lightweight blog theme with no JavaScript and pure HTML/CSS
- A personal site where menus, title, description, and copyright need quick configuration
- Learning basic Hugo theme configuration by referring to exampleSite
Suitable For
- Personal bloggers using Hugo who prefer a dark, minimal style
- Content creators interested in hacker terminal color schemes
- Developers who want to avoid JavaScript and front-end frameworks
- Simple blog sites that need tags and an About page
Getting started & customization
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First create a Hugo site, then clone or copy the repository into the themes directory
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Set theme = 'waffles' in hugo.toml, or theme: waffles in hugo.yaml
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If downloaded as a ZIP, you may need to rename the directory to waffles
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Menus, site title, description, and copyright can be modified in hugo.toml or hugo.yaml
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Refer to the sample site in the exampleSite directory for configuration
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- Documentation and maintenance reference score
- Partly documented · 70 / 100
- Technologies
- Hugo · HTML
- Website type
- Blog
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- 2025-05-21
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Source file / repository # Waffles: A Hugo Theme for CyBlog    Waffles 🧇 is a minimal and responsive dark Hugo theme created for my CyBlog website. The colorway takes inspiration from the cliché "hacking" computer terminal look — a black/grey background with green text. The theme is named after our Shih Tzu, Waffle, or "fifi" for short, and was heavily influenced by the Risotto Hugo theme.  ## Features The current theme version only has basic features -- perfect for simple blog posts inspired by hacking or cybersecurity. In addition to blog posting, it supports the following: - Plain HTML/CSS, no JavaScript and frameworks - Responsive to different screen sizes, including mobile phones. - Favicons support (Font Awesome) - Tags support - About page ## Installation After creating your Hugo site, download or Git Clone this repository and copy the directory to the site's `themes` directory using the following command: ``` git clone https://github.com/UncleSocks/waffles-hugo-theme-for-cyblog themes/waffles ``` ### Configuration Then, configure the Hugo site to use the Waffles theme by adding `theme = 'waffles'` to the `hugo.toml` file or `theme: waffles` to the `hugo.yaml` file. Note that if you downloaded the theme (i.e., via ZIP download), you may need to rename the directory to "waffles" before modifying the configuration file. ## Theme Modification In addition to the listed features above, you can modify the theme's menu, site's title, description, and copyright on the `hugo.toml` or `hugo.yaml` file. A sample site is available in the `exampleSite` directory for reference.
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