Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book
- Clean simple design
- Light and Mobile-Friendly
- Multi-language support
- Customisable
- Zero initial configuration
- Handy shortcodes
- Comments support
- Simple blog and taxonomy
- Primary features work without JavaScript
- Dark Mode
Use the starter repository:
git clone https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book-starter my-docs
cd my-docs
git submodule update --init --remote
hugo server --minify- Hugo extended edition, v0.158 or higher
Example site is self-documenting at book.alxs.dev
This theme follows a simple incremental versioning. e.g. v1.0.0, v2.0.0 and so on. Releases will happen on breaking changes.
If you want lower maintenance, use one of the released versions. If you want to live on the bleeding edge of changes, you can use the main branch and update your website when needed, this also the default branch.
Contributions are welcome and I will review and consider pull requests.
Primary goals are:
- Keep it simple.
- Keep minimal (or zero) default configuration.
- Avoid interference with user-defined layouts.
- Avoid using JS if it can be solved by CSS.
Feel free to open issues if you find missing configuration or customisation options.

