Ed.

Ed. is a Jekyll theme for creating minimal digital editions — lightweight static websites that present scholarly text editions. The project is maintained by the minicomp group and is open source on GitHub.

What is Ed.?

Ed. is a Jekyll theme designed for building minimal digital editions. It takes content as text files and uses Jekyll, a Ruby-based static site generator, to produce a static HTML website. The theme is hosted on GitHub and recently moved to a new repository under the minicomp organization with the release of version 1.0. With 125 stars, it has a modest following among digital humanities users.

Key Features

• Jekyll-based — Ed. is a theme for Jekyll, so it compiles Markdown or HTML content into fast-loading static pages with no database or server-side scripts.
• Minimal edition focus — The theme is tailored for "minimal editions," a format for publishing scholarly text editions in a clean, uncluttered layout.
• Open source — The source code is publicly available on GitHub, allowing anyone to fork, modify, or contribute to the theme.
• Portable output — Because it generates static files, the resulting site can be hosted on any static hosting service, such as GitHub Pages.

Who is it for?

Ed. is intended for scholars, editors, and researchers in the digital humanities who need to publish text editions online. It suits projects that want a simple, static presentation without the complexity of a dynamic CMS. Typical users include:

• Scholarly editors — Publish critical or annotated editions of literary or historical documents.
• Digital humanists — Create online collections or single-text editions for research and teaching.
• Academics — Share curated versions of public-domain texts with a clean, readable interface.

How does Ed. work?

As a Jekyll theme, Ed. follows the standard Jekyll workflow: you install the theme, write your content in Markdown or HTML, and run the Jekyll build command to generate a static site. The output is a directory of HTML files ready to be deployed to any web server or static hosting service.

Pricing

Ed. is free and open source. You can download, modify, and use it without charge, subject to the terms of its open-source license.

FAQ

Is Ed. free?

Yes, Ed. is open source and free to use. You can find the source code and documentation on its GitHub repository.

Does Ed. require a database?

No. Because it is a Jekyll theme, Ed. generates static HTML files. There is no database, backend, or server-side processing required.

Where can I find Ed.?

The project has moved to https://github.com/minicomp/ed/ with the release of version 1.0.