Dev — A Jekyll Theme for Developers

An open-source Jekyll theme for developers — fast, minimal, PWA-ready, and live on GitHub Pages in minutes.

Dev Jun 2026 1 min read
Dev — A Jekyll Theme for Developers

A personal site shouldn't need a build pipeline you babysit. Dev is an open-source Jekyll theme for developers who want a portfolio, a blog, and a projects page that load instantly, edit in Markdown, and deploy free on GitHub Pages.

Why it exists

Most developer themes are either a wall of gradients or a bare pre tag. Dev is the middle: a well-kept terminal — monospace where it counts, real typography where it reads.

  • Zero-config start — clone, edit _config.yml, push.
  • Markdown-native — posts, projects and pages are just .md files.
  • Fast by default — no framework, no runtime, one request to first paint.
  • Dark & light — respects prefers-color-scheme with a toggle.
  • PWA ready — installable and offline-capable.

What's inside

  • Home layout with bio and featured work
  • Blog with tags and an RSS feed
  • Projects grid driven by _data/projects.yml
  • About / resume page
  • SEO, Open Graph and a sitemap, wired up

Stack

Jekyll · Liquid · SCSS · Ruby · GitHub Actions. MIT licensed.

Try it

bundle exec jekyll serve
Fork it, break it, send a PR. That's the whole point.

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How I built it

Build log

  1. Kickoff — one theme, one developer Start · 30 May 2026
  2. Layouts & the include system 03 Jun 2026
  3. The projects data model 07 Jun 2026
  4. Styling — SCSS tokens & dark mode 11 Jun 2026
  5. PWA + GitHub Pages deploy 16 Jun 2026
  6. Open-sourcing it Shipped · 20 Jun 2026

Open thread

Issues & feedback

Found a bug? Have a feature request? Open an issue below — no GitHub account required, and yes, I actually triage these.

The end. Or is it?

Liked this? There's more where that came from.

I build things like this for fun — and, occasionally, for money.

No projects were harmed in the making of this page.

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