Minimal Mistakes
The most popular Jekyll theme on GitHub. A flexible two-column theme perfect for personal sites, blogs, documentation, and portfolios — with 12 layout skins.
About this Theme
Minimal Mistakes is the undisputed king of Jekyll themes — with over 13,000 GitHub stars it is the most-starred and most-used Jekyll theme ever created. Built by Michael Rose over more than a decade of active development, it strikes the perfect balance between simplicity and power.
Twelve built-in colour skins let you switch the visual tone of your site with a single config change. Its documentation covers every feature in detail.
Who is it for? Developers, technical writers, and bloggers who want a battle-tested, feature-complete Jekyll theme they can deploy today and customise for years.
Features
- 12 built-in colour skins
- Flexible two-column layout
- Responsive design
- SEO optimised with jekyll-seo-tag
- Built-in Lunr.js full-text search
- Support for comments (Disqus, giscus)
- Social sharing buttons
- Author sidebar with bio and avatar
- Google Analytics integration
- Breadcrumb navigation
100% Free & Open Source
Free
MIT License · No sign-up required