Chirpy Jekyll Theme
A minimal, responsive, and feature-rich Jekyll theme for technical writing. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
90/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 77
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 65
- age_days: 2790
- days_rel: 74
- days_push: 34
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
10246 stars · 7167 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Chirpy is a minimal, responsive, and feature-rich Jekyll theme designed for technical writing and personal blogs. It ships as a Ruby gem with a companion starter template, offering dark mode, built-in search, PWA support, comments, analytics, and SEO optimizations out of the box.
Use cases
- create a personal blog with jekyll
- build a technical writing site with dark mode
- host a static blog on github pages
- jekyll theme with built-in search and comments
- set up a pwa-enabled static blog
- start a blog with math and mermaid diagram support
When to choose
- you want a polished, maintained Jekyll theme for a blog or docs site
- you need dark mode, search, TOC, and SEO features without extra plugins
- you deploy static sites to GitHub Pages or other Jamstack hosts
- you want easy upgrades via the starter template
When to avoid
- you use a static site generator other than Jekyll
- you need a highly dynamic, server-rendered application
- you require heavy custom design from scratch rather than a theme
Facets
plugin · maturity stable
static-site-generator templating search-engine theme web-development frontend documentation web-design ruby cross-platform jekyll-theme jamstack blogging pwa bootstrap technical-writing seo dark-mode rubygems web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/cotes2020/jekyll-theme-chirpy · fetched 2026-08-28 · 52df1d6f6931
- homepage: https://chirpy.cotes.page · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3cbbc582ebb8
- site_page: https://chirpy.cotes.page/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · b8ec53256d4a
- site_page: https://chirpy.cotes.page/posts/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · d6f4886fab06
- site_page: https://chirpy.cotes.page/tags/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0b7eb5bd2513
- site_page: https://chirpy.cotes.page/posts/write-a-new-post · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9a2073863d7c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cotes2020/jekyll-theme-chirpy | main | 90 |
| cotes2020/chirpy-starter | examples | 72 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="cotes2020/jekyll-theme-chirpy")
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