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Hugo Theme Zen

Hugo Theme Zen is a free, open-source static site theme built with Hugo. A fast and clean Hugo base theme with css-grid and Hugo pipes support. It has 359 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-2.0 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/frjo/hugo-theme-zen.git themes/hugo-theme-zen
Copy with degit
npx degit frjo/hugo-theme-zen my-site
cd my-site
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/frjo/hugo-theme-zen.git my-site

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Hugo Theme Zen

Zen theme strives to be as clean and standard compliant as possible with some neat features. A solid base for your custom Hugo theme.

Built with

  • Hugo
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FAQ

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How do I use Hugo Theme Zen?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit frjo/hugo-theme-zen 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 Theme Zen for commercial projects?

It depends on the GPL-2.0 license. CC-BY licenses need visible attribution, GPL and AGPL licenses require sharing your changes under the same license, and other licenses have their own terms. Read the LICENSE file in the repository before shipping a client project.

Is Hugo Theme Zen maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 17, 2026. Its latest release is v7.1.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.