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Blowfish

Blowfish is a free, open-source static site theme built with Tailwind CSS and Hugo. Personal Website & Blog Theme for Hugo. It has 2,904 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.

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Get started

Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.

Add the theme to an existing Hugo site
git submodule add https://github.com/nunocoracao/blowfish.git themes/blowfish
Copy with degit
npx degit nunocoracao/blowfish my-site
cd my-site
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nunocoracao/blowfish.git my-site

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Blowfish

Blowfish is designed to be a powerful, lightweight theme for Hugo. It's built using Tailwind CSS with a clean and minimalist design that prioritises to your content.

Built with

  • Tailwind CSS
  • Hugo
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FAQ

Blowfish FAQ

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What is Blowfish?

Blowfish is a free, open-source static site theme built with Tailwind CSS and Hugo. Personal Website & Blog Theme for Hugo. It has 2,904 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.

How do I use Blowfish?

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

Can I use Blowfish for commercial projects?

Yes. Blowfish 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 Blowfish maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. Its latest release is v3.9.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.