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Hugo Geekdoc

Hugo Geekdoc is a free, open-source static site theme built with Hugo. Hugo theme made for documentation. It has 546 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page. Start a project with npx degit thegeeklab/hugo-geekdoc or clone the repository.

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Get started

Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.

Add the theme to an existing Hugo site
git submodule add https://github.com/thegeeklab/hugo-geekdoc.git themes/hugo-geekdoc
Copy with degit
npx degit thegeeklab/hugo-geekdoc my-site
cd my-site
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thegeeklab/hugo-geekdoc.git my-site

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Hugo Geekdoc

Geekdoc is a simple Hugo theme for documentations. It is intentionally designed as a fast and lean theme and may not fit the requirements of complex projects. If a more feature-complete theme is required there are a lot of great alternatives out there. You can find a demo and the full documentation at

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  • Hugo
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FAQ

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How do I use Hugo Geekdoc?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit thegeeklab/hugo-geekdoc my-site (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.

Can I use Hugo Geekdoc for commercial projects?

Yes. Hugo Geekdoc 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 Hugo Geekdoc maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. Its latest release is v4.1.4. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.