# Hugo Paper (Static site themes)

> 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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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/nanxiaobei/hugo-paper |
| Built with | Tailwind CSS, Hugo |
| Live demo | https://hugo-paper.vercel.app |
| GitHub template repository | no |
| GitHub stars | 2,415 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | CSS |
| Official | no |
| Category | Static site themes |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |

## Get started

### Add the theme to a Hugo site

```sh
git submodule add https://github.com/nanxiaobei/hugo-paper.git themes/hugo-paper
```

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit nanxiaobei/hugo-paper my-site
cd my-site
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nanxiaobei/hugo-paper.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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