# Hugo Theme Zen (Static site themes)

> 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.

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/frjo/hugo-theme-zen |
| Built with | Hugo |
| Live demo | https://zen-demo.xdeb.org |
| GitHub template repository | no |
| GitHub stars | 359 |
| License | GPL-2.0 |
| Language | CSS |
| Official | no |
| Category | Static site themes |
| Latest release | v7.1.0 (Sep 28, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 28, 2026 |

## Get started

### Add the theme to a Hugo site

```sh
git submodule add https://github.com/frjo/hugo-theme-zen.git themes/hugo-theme-zen
```

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit frjo/hugo-theme-zen my-site
cd my-site
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/frjo/hugo-theme-zen.git my-site
```

Commercial use depends on the GPL-2.0 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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