Twelve Amazing Free Hugo Documentation Themes

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  • docsy

    A set of Hugo doc templates for launching open source content.

  • Download Docsy Docsy demo site ​​​​Minimum Hugo version: 0.73 GitHub stars: 1.7k License: Apache-2.0

  • hugo-book

    Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book

  • Download Book Book demo site ​​Minimum Hugo version: 0.43 Extended GitHub stars: 1.8k License: MIT

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • hugo-theme-learn

    Porting Grav Learn theme to Hugo

  • Download Learn Learn demo site Minimum Hugo version: 0.25 GitHub stars: 1.4k License: MIT

  • docuapi

    Beautiful multilingual API documentation theme for Hugo

  • Download DocuAPI DocuAPI demo site Minimum Hugo version: 0.71 GitHub stars: 584 License: Apache-2.0

  • slate

    Beautiful static documentation for your API

  • DocuAPI is a multilingual API documentation theme for Hugo created and maintained by Bjørn Erik Pedersen, the lead maintainer and co-creator of Hugo itself. It’s built on top of the Slate API docs generator, which itself was inspired by Stripe’s and PayPal’s API docs. The JavaScript section of DocuAPI has been rewritten from Jquery to AlpineJS.​​​​​​

  • kube

    Kube is a professional and a responsive Hugo theme for developers and designers that offers a documentation section mixed with a landing page and a blog. (by jeblister)

  • Download Kube Kube demo site Minimum Hugo version: 0.84.1 GitHub stars: 367 License: MIT

  • dot-hugo

    Dot - Hugo Documentation Theme

  • Download Dot Dot demo site ​​​​​Minimum Hugo version: 0.64 GitHub stars: 219 License: MIT

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  • hugo-theme-docdock

    Declination of @matcornic Learn theme to Hugo

  • Download docDock docDock demo site ​​​​​​Minimum Hugo version: 0.30 GitHub stars: 424 License: MIT

  • shadocs

    Shadocs Theme for Hugo

  • Download Shadocs Shadocs demo site Minimum Hugo version: 0.71 GitHub stars: 10 (but we expect this to climb!) License: MIT

  • hugo-eureka

    Eureka is a feature-rich and highly customizable Hugo theme.

  • Download Eureka Eureka demo site Minimum Hugo version: 0.74 GitHub stars: 642 License: Apache-2.0

  • doks

    Everything you need to build a stellar documentation website. Fast, accessible, and easy to use.

  • Download Doks Doks demo site Minimum Hugo version: 0.80 GitHub stars: 952 License: MIT

  • hugo-whisper-theme

    Whisper is a minimal documentation theme for Hugo.

  • Download Whisper Whisper demo site Minimum Hugo version: 0.51+ Extended GitHub stars: 197 License: MIT

  • hugo-geekdoc

    Hugo theme made for documentation

  • Download Geekdoc Geekdoc demo site Minimum Hugo version: 0.83 GitHub stars: 309 License: MIT

  • Bulma

    Modern CSS framework based on Flexbox

  • Shadocs is a relatively new multilingual documentation theme for Hugo, built on the Bulma CSS framework. As its name suggests, its aim is to provide shared documentation with a focus on user navigation — each content page in Shadocs generates its own table of contents associated with titles on the page. Shadocs also supports Mermaid diagrams, importing libraries or third-party code such as SASS files, and as a final touch, QR codes for each page.

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