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Whiteglass

Whiteglass is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. Minimal, responsive Jekyll theme for hackers. It has 781 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page. Start a project with npx degit yous/whiteglass 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.

Copy with degit
npx degit yous/whiteglass my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yous/whiteglass.git my-site

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Whiteglass

This theme uses jekyll-archives gem which is not supported by GitHub Pages. If you want to use full features like categories and tags, I recommend you to use Travis CI or other CI services.

Built with

  • Jekyll
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FAQ

Whiteglass FAQ

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What is Whiteglass?

Whiteglass is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. Minimal, responsive Jekyll theme for hackers. It has 781 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page. Start a project with npx degit yous/whiteglass or clone the repository.

How do I use Whiteglass?

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

Can I use Whiteglass for commercial projects?

Yes. Whiteglass 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 Whiteglass maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Jul 21, 2026. Its latest release is v1.11.7. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.