# janraasch/hugo-bearblog

🧸 A Hugo theme based on »Bear Blog«. Free, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging. This theme now includes a dark color scheme to support dark mode 🦉 ⬛️!

Repository: https://github.com/janraasch/hugo-bearblog
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hugo-bearblog
Homepage: https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-bearblog/
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hugo, hugo-theme, blog, theme, dark-mode, no-nonsense
Last push: 2026-07-30T10:53:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2192, "days_push": 34, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1498, forks 337 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:53.976328+00:00)

## What it is
A Hugo theme based on Bear Blog that provides a free, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging layout with automatic dark mode support. It is installed into an existing Hugo site and customized via Hugo configuration and partial templates.

## Use cases
- start a minimal fast personal blog with Hugo
- add a lightweight theme to an existing Hugo site
- create a static blog with automatic dark mode
- build a no-nonsense text-focused website
- set up a super-fast blog with minimal styling
- customize blog branding and colors with custom CSS

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, fast Hugo blog theme with dark mode built in
- you prefer simple Markdown-driven content with little configuration
- you value performance and a no-frills reading experience

## When to avoid
- you need a feature-rich theme with complex layouts or heavy JavaScript
- you are not using Hugo as your static site generator
- you need multilingual or experimental features beyond the base theme without forks

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: stable
- function: static-site-generator, templating, theme
- domain: web-development, web-design, documentation, cms
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: hugo-theme, blogging, minimalist, dark-mode, bearblog, static-site, web-server

## Member repositories
- janraasch/hugo-bearblog (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:53.976328+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:33:05.014647+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/janraasch/hugo-bearblog (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:53.976328+00:00, sha 4922783d7a52)
  - homepage: https://themes.gohugo.io/hugo-bearblog/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:38:15.877595+00:00, sha 57e0b080842f)
  - site_page: https://gohugo.io/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:38:15.879959+00:00, sha c34e076c6bc8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.