# al-folio (Static site themes)

> al-folio is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. A beautiful, simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll theme for academics. It has 16,230 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and GitHub's Use this template button creates your own copy in one click.

A simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll starter for academic websites. In v1.x, al-folio is a thin starter, not a theme: the runtime ships as independently versioned plugin gems, so you pick up fixes and features by bumping a pinned version in your Gemfile instead of merging theme internals into your site._

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio |
| Built with | Jekyll |
| Live demo | https://alshedivat.github.io/al-folio/ |
| GitHub template repository | yes (Use this template) |
| GitHub stars | 16,230 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | HTML |
| Official | no |
| Category | Static site themes |
| Latest release | v1.2 (Aug 9, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |

## Get started

Use this template on GitHub: https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio/generate

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit alshedivat/al-folio my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio.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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