# Minimal Light (Static site themes)

> Minimal Light is a free, open-source static site theme built with Jekyll. A simple and elegant Jekyll theme for an academic personal website. It has 1,041 GitHub stars and is released under the CC0-1.0 license, and GitHub's Use this template button creates your own copy in one click.

This is the source code of my homepage. I build this website based on minimal. Feel free to use and share the source code anywhere you like.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/yaoyao-liu/minimal-light |
| Built with | Jekyll |
| Live demo | https://minimal-light-theme.yliu.me |
| GitHub template repository | yes (Use this template) |
| GitHub stars | 1,041 |
| License | CC0-1.0 |
| Language | CSS |
| Official | no |
| Category | Static site themes |
| Latest release | 2.0 (Sep 4, 2024) |
| Last commit | Jul 21, 2026 |

## Get started

Use this template on GitHub: https://github.com/yaoyao-liu/minimal-light/generate

### Copy with degit

```sh
npx degit yaoyao-liu/minimal-light my-site
cd my-site
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve
```

### Or clone with git

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yaoyao-liu/minimal-light.git my-site
```

Commercial use depends on the CC0-1.0 license. Sources: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/creating-a-repository-from-a-template, https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit

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