Free
Slate Jekyll Theme
A bold, dark GitHub Pages Jekyll theme with prominent sidebar navigation and strong code styling. Official GitHub Pages theme for developer docs.
GitHub Pages
Dark Sidebar
Code Styling
Developer Docs
Works on
GitHub Pages
Netlify
Vercel
Cloudflare Pages
About this Theme
Slate is one of the twelve official themes supported natively by GitHub Pages, meaning you can enable it with a single line in your _config.yml — no gem installs, no local setup. Its dark slate sidebar paired with a white content area creates an immediately recognisable, professional look suited to open-source project documentation.
The code-friendly typography and syntax highlighting make it a natural fit for developer tools and API documentation pages.
Who is it for? Developers who want a fast, reliable documentation theme they can enable on any GitHub Pages project in seconds.
Features
- Official GitHub Pages supported theme
- Dark sidebar navigation
- Code-optimised typography
- Responsive layout
- Single-click enable via _config.yml
- No local Jekyll install required
- Google Analytics ready
- Clean, professional aesthetic
