al-folio
al-folio is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. A beautiful, simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll theme for academics. It has 16,230 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and GitHub's Use this template button creates your own copy in one click.
- GitHub template
- Static site themes
- Actively maintained
Get started
Use this template creates your own GitHub repository from it. To work locally, copy the files with degit (no git history) or clone the repository.
npx degit alshedivat/al-folio my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll servegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio.git my-siteSources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.
About al-folio
A simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll starter for academic websites. In v1.x, al-folio is a thin starter, not a theme: the runtime ships as independently versioned plugin gems, so you pick up fixes and features by bumping a pinned version in your Gemfile instead of merging theme internals into your site._
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- Jekyll
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What is al-folio?
al-folio is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. A beautiful, simple, clean, and responsive Jekyll theme for academics. It has 16,230 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license, and GitHub's Use this template button creates your own copy in one click.
How do I use al-folio?
Click Use this template on GitHub to create your own repository from it with a fresh history, or copy the files locally with npx degit alshedivat/al-folio my-site. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.
Can I use al-folio for commercial projects?
Yes. al-folio 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 al-folio maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 5, 2026. Its latest release is v1.2. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.