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Kiss

Kiss is a free, open-source static site theme built with Hugo. Stupidly simple Hugo blogging theme. It has 305 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page. Start a project with npx degit ribice/kiss or clone the repository.

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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/ribice/kiss.git themes/kiss
Copy with degit
npx degit ribice/kiss my-site
cd my-site
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ribice/kiss.git my-site

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Kiss

Kiss is a stupidly simple blog theme for Hugo. It's a fork of Hemingway theme - read why. Clone this repository to your hugo theme directory.

Built with

  • Hugo
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FAQ

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How do I use Kiss?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit ribice/kiss my-site (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.

Can I use Kiss for commercial projects?

Yes. Kiss is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.

Is Kiss maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Jun 12, 2026. Its latest release is v2.0.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.