# White Paper (Static site themes)

> White Paper is a free, open-source static site theme built with HTML and Jekyll. Simple, elegant and clean jekyll theme. It has 228 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and GitHub's Use this template button creates your own copy in one click.

White Paper is a theme for Jekyll. It is made keeping content in focus and is best for writers/developers who also like to share code with their essays.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/vinitkumar/white-paper |
| Built with | HTML, Jekyll |
| Live demo | none listed |
| GitHub template repository | yes (Use this template) |
| GitHub stars | 228 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | CSS |
| Official | no |
| Category | Static site themes |
| Latest release | v7.0.0 (Sep 21, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 21, 2026 |

## Get started

Use this template on GitHub: https://github.com/vinitkumar/white-paper/generate

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit vinitkumar/white-paper my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vinitkumar/white-paper.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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