# Academic Pages (Portfolio templates)

> Academic Pages is a free, open-source portfolio template built with HTML and Jekyll. Github Pages template based upon HTML and Markdown for personal, portfolio-based websites. It has 17,700 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and GitHub's Use this template button creates your own copy in one click.

Additional tutorials for working with the Academic Pages template can be found at the following sites: - When you are initially working on your website, it is very useful to be able to preview the changes locally before pushing them to GitHub. To work locally you will need to:

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/academicpages/academicpages.github.io |
| Built with | HTML, Jekyll |
| Live demo | https://academicpages.github.io |
| GitHub template repository | yes (Use this template) |
| GitHub stars | 17,700 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | SCSS |
| Official | no |
| Category | Portfolio templates |
| Latest release | v0.9 (Jun 24, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Get started

Use this template on GitHub: https://github.com/academicpages/academicpages.github.io/generate

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit academicpages/academicpages.github.io my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/academicpages/academicpages.github.io.git my-site
```

Commercial use depends on the MIT license. Sources: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/creating-a-repository-from-a-template, https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit

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