Hugo Themes
Gokarna
Gokarna is an opinionated theme with a focus on minimalism and simplicity
- Authors: Yash Mehrotra Avijit Gupta
- GitHub Stars: 411
- Updated: 2025-01-14
- License: GNU GPLv3
- Tags: Blog Dark Light Minimal Personal Portfolio Responsive
Gokarna
Gokarna is an opinionated theme with a focus on minimalism and simplicity.
Authors:
- Yash Mehrotra
- Avijit Gupta
Major Contributors
- James Davidson
- David Kröll
- Mansoor Barri
Demo: https://gokarna-hugo.netlify.app
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Features
Gokarna is fast, responsive, and SEO-friendly.
- Light and dark modes
- Feather and Simple icons
- KaTeX math typesetting
- Syntax highlighting
- Custom HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
- Configurable Table of Contents
- Español (Spanish/Catalan), Deutsch (German), Français (French), and Polski (Polish) translations
- Google Lato fonts
- Auto-generated RSS feed
And more…
Screenshots
Homepage
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Post page
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List page
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Installation
Follow the steps in Theme Documentation - Basics.
git submodule add https://github.com/gokarna-theme/gokarna-hugo.git themes/gokarna
Customization
For a complete guide on customization, please consult the basic and advanced documentation.
Examples include:
- Add an avatar and change its size
- Add text to the footer
- Change how dates are formatted on posts
- Choose the syntax highlighting color scheme
- Compose navigation menu items
- Define the site’s accent color Change the color of hyperlinks, including icons.
- Display recent or popular posts on the home page
- Inject custom HTML
Use the
<head>and<footer>elements to add arbitrary HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
Translations
Change languageCode to use one of our translations.
Missing a language? Make Gokarna multilingual by creating a translation table.
Inspiration
The theme is inspired by, and accordingly named after, Gokarna, a small and peaceful beach town on the west coast of India.
Performance
Google Lighthouse score: 100%
LICENSE
This code is licensed under GNU GPLv3