Hacked Jekyll
Hacked Jekyll is a free, open-source static site theme built with HTML and Jekyll. Jekyll microtheme that looks like JSON. It has 219 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.
Get started
Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.
npx degit piazzai/hacked-jekyll my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll servegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/piazzai/hacked-jekyll.git my-siteSources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.
About Hacked Jekyll
Hacked Jekyll is a responsive, minimalistic Jekyll theme for a tiny personal website. It consists of a homepage and a 404 page. The homepage lists information about the user in a format that resembles JSON, giving the website a "hacked" appearance. As in JSON, elements can be strings, arrays, or hashes. One of the string elements, typically the user's description, can use typed.js to cycle through multiple lines of text.
Built with
- HTML
- Jekyll
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What is Hacked Jekyll?
Hacked Jekyll is a free, open-source static site theme built with HTML and Jekyll. Jekyll microtheme that looks like JSON. It has 219 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.
How do I use Hacked Jekyll?
Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit piazzai/hacked-jekyll my-site (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.
Can I use Hacked Jekyll for commercial projects?
Yes. Hacked Jekyll is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.
Is Hacked Jekyll maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Apr 25, 2026. Its latest release is v3.1.1. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.