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Hugo Paper

Hugo Paper is a free, open-source static site theme built with Tailwind CSS and Hugo. A simple, clean, customizable Hugo theme. It has 2,415 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.

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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/nanxiaobei/hugo-paper.git themes/hugo-paper
Copy with degit
npx degit nanxiaobei/hugo-paper my-site
cd my-site
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nanxiaobei/hugo-paper.git my-site

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Hugo Paper

A simple, clean, customizable Hugo theme gorgeous framer templates ☞ 21beats.lemonsqueezy.com A simple, clean, customizable Hugo theme.

Built with

  • Tailwind CSS
  • Hugo
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FAQ

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How do I use Hugo Paper?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit nanxiaobei/hugo-paper 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 Paper for commercial projects?

Yes. Hugo Paper 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 Paper maintained?

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