# github/personal-website

Code that'll help you kickstart a personal website that showcases your work as a software developer.

Repository: https://github.com/github/personal-website
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/personal-website
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-12-21T15:31:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2778, "days_push": 986, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7619, forks 6528 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:02.056759+00:00)

## What it is
A Jekyll-based starter template from GitHub for building a personal developer website hosted on GitHub Pages. It auto-populates profile info, repositories, and blog posts via the GitHub API.

## Use cases
- kickstart a personal developer portfolio website
- host a personal site on GitHub Pages for free
- showcase my GitHub repositories on a homepage
- start a developer blog with Jekyll
- create a portfolio site without designing from scratch

## When to choose
- you want a quick, GitHub-integrated personal site with minimal setup
- you're comfortable with Jekyll/Ruby and GitHub Pages
- you want your repos and profile auto-populated on your site

## When to avoid
- you need a dynamic site with a backend or database
- you prefer React/Vue or other modern frontend frameworks
- you don't use GitHub or want hosting elsewhere

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: static-site-generator, templating, http-client
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, documentation
- platform: ruby, self-hosted
- tags: jekyll, github-pages, portfolio, personal-website, starter-template, blog, boilerplate, web-server

## Member repositories
- github/personal-website (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.056759+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 2026-08-30T08:31:19.278652+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/github/personal-website (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:02.056759+00:00, sha f03c50a9b203)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.