mmistakes/so-simple-theme

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2125 stars · 2444 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

So Simple is a minimal Jekyll theme for blogs and personal sites, distributed as a Ruby gem and compatible with GitHub Pages. It provides clean typography, multiple post/archive layouts, Lunr-based client-side search, SEO tags, and Disqus/Google Analytics integration.

Use cases

• set up a personal blog with Jekyll
• find a clean minimal Jekyll theme for GitHub Pages
• add client-side search to a static blog
• create a photo-friendly blog theme
• start a writing site with SEO best practices

When to choose

• you want a simple, readable Jekyll blog theme that works on GitHub Pages
• you need built-in Lunr search, SEO tags, and comment support without extra setup
• you prefer a theme customizable via config and SCSS

When to avoid

• you use a static site generator other than Jekyll
• you need a highly dynamic web app or server-side rendering
• you want a feature-rich magazine-style theme with heavy customization

Facets

plugin · maturity maintenance

static-site-generator templating search-engine ui-components web-development web-design frontend documentation ruby self-hosted jekyll-theme github-pages blogging scss microformats seo disqus lunr-search web-server

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