A clean and minimal Jekyll theme designed for personal websites and blogs with a focus on simplicity and customizability. Perfect for professional researchers, undergraduates, and creators from diverse backgrounds who want an easy-to-use yet flexible platform.
A minimal, responsive Jekyll theme with excellent typography and dynamic color theming. Perfect for developers, researchers, and creatives who want a clean, professional website.
- Dynamic Primary Color System - Change one color in
_config.ymlto instantly personalize your entire site - Dual Content Types:
- Tech Bites: Blog posts, paper summaries, or journal entries
- Films: Photography gallery with markdown descriptions and metadata
- Responsive Design with mobile-first approach
- Light & Dark Theme support with automatic switching
- Minimal & Clean design focused on readability
- GitHub Actions deployment ready
- Ruby 3.2+ and Bundler
- Git
- Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/dudududukim/spectrum.git
cd spectrum
- Install dependencies
bundle install
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Configure your site
- Edit
_config.ymlto update site details, personal bio, and colors
- Edit
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Enable GitHub Pages deployment
- Go to Settings > Pages in your GitHub repository
- Set Source to "GitHub Actions"
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Run locally
bundle exec jekyll serve
- Visit
http://localhost:4000in your browser
- Versatile content space: Use for blog posts, paper summaries, research notes, or general articles
- Create Markdown files in
_tech-bites/with proper front matter - Perfect for sharing insights, tutorials, or academic work
- Photography showcase: Upload your own photos or hobby images
- Rich descriptions: Add Markdown files to provide context, stories, or technical details about your photos
- Great for visual portfolios or travel documentation
- One-click personalization: Change the
primarycolor in_config.ymlto instantly transform your site's appearance - All UI elements automatically adapt to your chosen color scheme
This Jekyll theme is ready for immediate deployment with GitHub Actions.
- Workflow file
.github/workflows/jekyll.ymlis included and ready to use - Simply enable GitHub Actions as the source in Settings > Pages
- Push your changes and watch your site deploy automatically!
- Netlify: Auto-detects Jekyll and builds automatically
- Vercel: Compatible with standard Jekyll builds
- Self-hosted: Use
bundle exec jekyll buildfor static files
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spectrum/
├── .github/
│ └── workflows/
│ └── jekyll.yml # GitHub Actions workflow (included)
├── _data/
│ └── navigation.yml # Navigation configuration
├── _includes/ # Reusable components
├── _layouts/ # Page templates
├── _sass/ # Stylesheets
├── _tech-bites/ # Blog posts / tech bites / papers
├── _films/ # Photography markdown files
├── assets/ # Images and CSS
├── _config.yml # Site configuration including colors
├── 404.html # Custom 404 page
├── index.md # Homepage
├── tech-bites.md # Blog listing
├── films.md # Photography page
├── LINCESE.txt # License file
└── README.md
Use bundle exec jekyll serve for local development with live reload.
Fork the repository, create a feature branch, commit your changes, and open a pull request.
Duhyeon Kim
- GitHub: @dudududukim
- LinkedIn: Duhyeon Kim
MIT License. See LINCESE.txt file for details.
Submit issues via GitHub Issues or check inline documentation in code files.
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