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Hyde Y

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Updated: 2 Jan 2026
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Enhanced port of the Jekyll "Hyde" theme to Hugo

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Overview:

The Hyde-Y theme is a fork of the Hyde-X theme and is designed for use with the Hugo static site generator. It features a clean and minimalist design, with highly customizable layout blocks. The theme includes a sidebar navigation, footer navigation, syntax highlighting, Disqus integration, Google Analytics integration, Google Authorship metadata, and paginated blog listings. The theme is open-sourced under the MIT license, and feedback and contributions are welcome.

Features:

  • Highly customizable layout blocks
  • Consistent hierarchy for easy overrides of any layout block
  • Adjustable sidebar in the config file
  • Project layout for code posts stored in the content/code/ folder
  • CSS built with KNACSS micro-framework
  • Client-side syntax highlighting through highlight.js
  • Disqus integration for comments on blog posts
  • Google Analytics integration for tracking site statistics
  • Google Authorship metadata support
  • Paginated blog listing
  • FontAwesome social links
  • Many other small layout tweaks

Installation:

To install the Hyde-Y theme, follow these steps:

  1. Run the command hugo new site yourSiteName to create a new Hugo site.
  2. Change into your site’s directory using cd yourSiteName.
  3. Initialize the site’s git repository using git init.
  4. Add the Hyde-Y theme as a submodule to your site’s repository using the command git submodule add https://github.com/yihui/hyde-y.git themes/hyde-y.
  5. Copy the example configuration file from the theme’s exampleSite directory to your site’s root directory using cp themes/hyde-y/exampleSite/config.toml ..
  6. Make any necessary modifications to the config.toml file to customize your site’s settings.
  7. Run the command hugo --theme=hyde-y to generate your site using the Hyde-Y theme.

Summary:

The Hyde-Y theme for Hugo is a highly customizable and feature-rich theme for creating clean and minimalist blog or personal sites. It offers a range of customization options, including adjustable layouts, sidebar navigation, footer navigation, syntax highlighting, and integration with Disqus and Google Analytics. The theme is easy to install and provides a consistent hierarchy for easy overrides. With its sleek design and numerous layout tweaks, Hyde-Y is an excellent choice for anyone looking to create a stylish and functional static site with Hugo.