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A minimal, responsive, and feature-rich Jekyll theme for technical writing.
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Purple Jekyll Theme

A minimal, responsive, and feature-rich Jekyll theme with a sleek purple aesthetic — forked from Chirpy.

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About

Purple Jekyll Theme is a purple-styled fork of Chirpy.
It’s designed for developers, writers, and creators who want a beautiful, customizable, and performant static site powered by Jekyll.

If you liked Chirpy but wanted a more vibrant and unique vibe, Purple is for you.


Features

  • Elegant Amethyst-inspired purple design
  • Dark Mode and Light Mode
  • Localized UI language
  • Pinned Posts on Home Page
  • Hierarchical Categories
  • Trending Tags
  • Table of Contents
  • Last Modified Date
  • Syntax Highlighting
  • Mathematical Expressions
  • Mermaid Diagrams & Flowcharts
  • Dark Mode Images
  • Embed Media
  • Comment Systems
  • Built-in Search
  • Atom Feeds
  • PWA
  • Web Analytics
  • SEO & Performance Optimization

Documentation

To learn how to use, develop, and upgrade the project, please refer to the Wiki.
Setup and usage are largely the same as Chirpy’s.


Contributing

Contributions (pull requests, issues, and discussions) are welcome!
This project thrives because of the open-source community. For details, see the "Contributing Guidelines".


Credits

Original Project

This theme is based on the amazing Chirpy Jekyll Theme by Cotes Chung.

Contributors

Thanks to all the contributors who’ve worked on both Chirpy and Purple!

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— Made with contrib.rocks

Third-Party Assets

This project is built on the Jekyll ecosystem and some great libraries, and is developed using VS Code and JetBrains IDEs under a non-commercial open-source license.


License

This project is published under the MIT License.