alshedivat/al-folio
A beautiful, simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll theme for academics observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 96
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 10.0
- age_days: 3747
- days_rel: 24
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 23
Adoption not part of the score
16060 stars · 13081 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
al-folio is a clean, responsive Jekyll starter theme for academic personal websites, featuring publication rendering from BibTeX, blog posts, project portfolios, and CV pages. In v1.x it ships as independently versioned plugin gems, letting users update by bumping pinned versions in their Gemfile.
Use cases
- create an academic personal website
- build a portfolio site for a researcher
- publish a publications page from a BibTeX file
- set up a personal blog on GitHub Pages
- make a CV website for a PhD student
- host a faculty homepage
When to choose
- you are an academic or researcher wanting a personal site with publications, news, and blog
- you want free hosting on GitHub Pages with minimal setup
- you prefer a well-maintained, widely used Jekyll theme with Docker support
When to avoid
- you need a dynamic backend or database-driven site
- you don't want to work with Ruby/Jekyll tooling
- you need a non-academic business or e-commerce site
Facets
framework · maturity active
static-site-generator templating theme web-development education documentation ruby jekyll jekyll-theme academic-website personal-website portfolio github-pages cv publications blog web-server docker
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio · fetched 2026-08-28 · cc656fca1f59
- homepage: https://alshedivat.github.io/al-folio/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · c0a935ced9a4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| alshedivat/al-folio | main | 98 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="alshedivat/al-folio")
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