# Kross Jekyll (Static site themes)

> Kross Jekyll is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. Kross is creative portfolio theme for Jekyll. It has 245 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and GitHub's Use this template button creates your own copy in one click.

Kross Jekyll Creative Portfolio Template ported from Kross HTML Template To start your project, fork this repository After forking the repo, your site will be live immediately on your personal Github Pages account, e.g.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/themefisher/kross-jekyll |
| Built with | Jekyll |
| Live demo | https://themefisher.com/products/kross-jekyll |
| GitHub template repository | yes (Use this template) |
| GitHub stars | 245 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | HTML |
| Official | yes |
| Category | Static site themes |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Apr 12, 2026 |

## Get started

Use this template on GitHub: https://github.com/themefisher/kross-jekyll/generate

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit themefisher/kross-jekyll my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/themefisher/kross-jekyll.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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