# Hugo Theme Documentation (Static site themes)

> Hugo Theme Documentation is a free, open-source static site theme built with Tailwind CSS, Hugo and Docusaurus. Docs site that builds in ~1s. AI generates pages, you own as Markdown. It has 200 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and GitHub's Use this template button creates your own copy in one click.

Ship Docs That Stay In Sync With Your Code Documentation should live next to your code, not in a separate CMS. Searchable docs with sidebar navigation, versioning, and syntax highlighting — all from Markdown files in your repo. No database, no Notion dependency, no stale wiki. Built on HugoBlox — the open-source framework where AI generates your pages and you own everything as Markdown.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/HugoBlox/hugo-theme-documentation |
| Built with | Tailwind CSS, Hugo, Docusaurus |
| Live demo | https://hugoblox.com/templates/docs |
| GitHub template repository | yes (Use this template) |
| GitHub stars | 200 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Unknown |
| Official | no |
| Category | Static site themes |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | May 27, 2026 |

## Get started

Use this template on GitHub: https://github.com/HugoBlox/hugo-theme-documentation/generate

### Add the theme to a Hugo site

```sh
git submodule add https://github.com/HugoBlox/hugo-theme-documentation.git themes/hugo-theme-documentation
```

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit HugoBlox/hugo-theme-documentation my-site
cd my-site
npm install   # then run the dev script from the README
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HugoBlox/hugo-theme-documentation.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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