Back to templates

Template details

Aloha

A Hexo blog theme built with Semantic UI, offering clean styling and bilingual documentation.

About this template

Aloha is an open-source Hexo blog theme that uses the Semantic UI framework to style static blog pages.

What is Aloha?

Aloha is a theme for Hexo, a static site generator, that relies on the Semantic UI framework for its visual components. It takes your Hexo blog's Markdown content and renders it as a styled website with navigation, layouts, and UI elements. The project is maintained by henryhuang on GitHub, currently has 72 stars, and includes Travis CI integration for automated builds.

Key Features

  • Semantic UI styling — Aloha uses Semantic UI, a development framework that provides ready-made HTML/CSS/JS components for menus, buttons, forms, and grids, giving the theme a consistent look.
  • Simple installation — Install the theme by running git clone https://github.com/henryhuang/hexo-theme-aloha.git themes/aloha from your Hexo blog's root directory, then set theme: aloha in your site's _config.yml.
  • Online preview — View the theme in action at henryhuang.github.io/hexo-theme-aloha before installing it on your own blog.
  • Bilingual documentation — The project's wiki offers both English and Chinese guides, making it accessible to a wider audience.
  • Versioned changelogs — Release notes are published for versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, and 0.1.2 in the wiki, so you can track what changes between updates.
  • Continuous integration — Travis CI badges in the repository indicate that pull requests and commits are automatically tested.

Who is it for?

Aloha is for Hexo users who want a lightweight theme with Semantic UI's design language for their blog. It suits developers who like to customize a theme's source code, and bloggers who prefer clear documentation in English or Chinese when setting up their site.

What can you do with Aloha?

  • Hexo bloggers: Turn your static blog into a Semantic UI-styled site by cloning the theme and updating your _config.yml file with theme: aloha.
  • Theme developers: Use the repo as a reference for integrating Semantic UI with Hexo, since it's open source and includes CI setup with Travis.
  • Non-English readers: Follow the Chinese documentation (中文文档) or the English wiki to install and configure the theme without language barriers.

How does the Aloha theme work?

After cloning the theme into themes/aloha, you set the theme name in Hexo's configuration file. The theme's wiki explains further customization, and the repository's Todolist issues show planned features. For detailed setup steps, read the WIKI linked from the project page.

FAQ

How do I install Aloha?

Run git clone https://github.com/henryhuang/hexo-theme-aloha.git themes/aloha in your Hexo blog's root directory, then edit _config.yml to set the theme value to aloha.

Where can I see Aloha's live demo?

The theme has an online preview at henryhuang.github.io/hexo-theme-aloha, directly linked from the repository readme.

What documentation is provided for Aloha?

The wiki includes both English (English Document) and Chinese (中文文档) guides, along with changelogs for versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, and 0.1.2.

Is Aloha open source?

Yes, the source code is publicly available on GitHub under the repository henryhuang/hexo-theme-aloha, and it can be freely cloned and customized.

screenshot of Aloha on template0.com