Merlot Jekyll Theme
A warm, editorial GitHub Pages Jekyll theme with classic typographic styling. Official GitHub Pages theme for personal and project sites.
About this Theme
Merlot is the warmest of GitHub’s official themes. Its deep burgundy header creates an immediately distinctive look that feels more personal and elegant than the typical developer site. The white content area keeps reading comfortable, and the overall impression is polished without being corporate.
As an official GitHub Pages theme, enabling it is a single line — making it a popular choice for personal project pages that need to look good quickly.
Who is it for? Anyone who wants a warmer, more personal aesthetic on GitHub Pages, with a distinctive look that stands out from the default blue-and-white developer site template.
Features
- Official GitHub Pages supported theme
- Warm burgundy header accent
- Clean white content area
- Elegant, professional aesthetic
- Single-line enable via _config.yml
- Responsive layout
- No local setup required
