# Hugo Theme Monochrome (Static site themes)

> Hugo Theme Monochrome is a free, open-source static site theme built with Hugo. Monochrome is a fast, clean and responsive hugo theme. It has 239 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/kaiiiz/hugo-theme-monochrome |
| Built with | Hugo |
| Live demo | https://kaiiiz.github.io/hugo-theme-monochrome/ |
| GitHub template repository | no |
| GitHub stars | 239 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | HTML |
| Official | no |
| Category | Static site themes |
| Latest release | v6.0.0 (May 23, 2026) |
| Last commit | May 23, 2026 |

## Get started

### Add the theme to a Hugo site

```sh
git submodule add https://github.com/kaiiiz/hugo-theme-monochrome.git themes/hugo-theme-monochrome
```

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit kaiiiz/hugo-theme-monochrome my-site
cd my-site
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kaiiiz/hugo-theme-monochrome.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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