# Hugo Ivy (Static site themes)

> Hugo Ivy is a free, open-source static site theme built with Hugo. A two-column Hugo theme ported from Ivy. It has 291 GitHub stars and is released under the Unlicense license. A live demo is linked from this page. Start a project with npx degit yihui/hugo-ivy or clone the repository.

This Hugo theme was ported from Ivy (its original repo is no longer accessible), a minimalist website generator built in Python. I don't have time to document it. You have to read the source code to understand what it can do. Like Ivy, this theme is also released under the Unlicense, which basically means you just do whatever you want.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/yihui/hugo-ivy |
| Built with | Hugo |
| Live demo | https://ivy.yihui.org |
| GitHub template repository | no |
| GitHub stars | 291 |
| License | Unlicense |
| Language | HTML |
| Official | no |
| Category | Static site themes |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Jul 1, 2026 |

## Get started

### Add the theme to a Hugo site

```sh
git submodule add https://github.com/yihui/hugo-ivy.git themes/hugo-ivy
```

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit yihui/hugo-ivy my-site
cd my-site
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yihui/hugo-ivy.git my-site
```

Commercial use depends on the Unlicense 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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