# yaoyao-liu/minimal-light

A simple and elegant Jekyll theme for an academic personal website

Repository: https://github.com/yaoyao-liu/minimal-light
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/minimal-light
Homepage: https://minimal-light-theme.yliu.me
Language: CSS
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: jekyll, jekyll-theme, academic-website, homepage-generator, static-site-generator
Last push: 2026-07-21T17:59:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2338, "days_push": 43, "days_rel": 728, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1022, forks 876 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:16.087732+00:00)

## What it is
Minimal Light is a simple, elegant Jekyll theme designed for academic personal homepages, deployable via GitHub Pages. It supports Markdown content, dark mode, mobile-friendly layouts, and basic SEO.

## Use cases
- create an academic personal homepage
- set up a Jekyll theme for a researcher website
- build a personal site with publications list
- deploy a homepage on GitHub Pages
- make a simple CV-style website with dark mode

## When to choose
- you are an academic or student wanting a clean personal homepage
- you want a free GitHub Pages-deployable Jekyll theme
- you prefer Markdown-based content with minimal configuration

## When to avoid
- you need a blog-focused or multi-page CMS theme
- you want a highly customizable, feature-rich website framework
- your site is not built with Jekyll or GitHub Pages

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: static-site-generator, templating, theme
- domain: web-development, web-design, documentation
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: jekyll-theme, academic-website, personal-homepage, github-pages, dark-mode, css, web-server

## Member repositories
- yaoyao-liu/minimal-light (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.087732+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 2026-08-30T07:08:46.316156+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yaoyao-liu/minimal-light (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:16.087732+00:00, sha 25950a09551e)
  - homepage: https://minimal-light-theme.yliu.me (fetched 2026-08-29T13:08:57.076288+00:00, sha a82048244722)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.