Beautiful Jekyll
Beautiful Jekyll is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. Build a beautiful and simple website in literally minutes. It has 5,825 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.
Get started
Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.
npx degit daattali/beautiful-jekyll my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll servegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/daattali/beautiful-jekyll.git my-siteSources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.
About Beautiful Jekyll
Beautiful Jekyll is a ready-to-use template to help you create a beautiful website quickly. Perfect for personal sites, blogs, or simple project websites. Check out a demo of what you'll get after just two minutes. You can also look at my personal website or my consulting website to see it in use, or see examples of websites other people created using this theme.
Built with
- Jekyll
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What is Beautiful Jekyll?
Beautiful Jekyll is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. Build a beautiful and simple website in literally minutes. It has 5,825 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.
How do I use Beautiful Jekyll?
Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit daattali/beautiful-jekyll my-site (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.
Can I use Beautiful Jekyll for commercial projects?
Yes. Beautiful Jekyll 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 Beautiful Jekyll maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on May 25, 2026. Its latest release is 6.0.1. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.