Hexo Theme Mutoo is a SCSS-based theme for the Hexo static site generator, created by developer mutoo as the custom skin for the personal blog at blog.mutoo.im. The theme takes Hexo's Markdown posts and renders them into a static Chinese-language blog with year-based archives and tag navigation.
What is Hexo Theme Mutoo?
Hexo Theme Mutoo is a theme for Hexo, the Node.js-powered static site generator. It processes a site's Markdown content and outputs static HTML pages styled with SCSS-compiled CSS. The GitHub repository describes it as "the hexo theme for blog.mutoo.im," indicating it is a purpose-built theme for the author's personal blog. The theme's source is publicly available on GitHub, where it has earned 3 stars.
Key Features
- Hexo integration — Works with the Hexo static site generator; input is Markdown posts and site configuration, output is a deployable static website.
- SCSS stylesheets — The theme's styles are authored in SCSS, enabling the use of variables, nesting, and mixins for maintainable styling.
- Year-based archive layout — The blog homepage displays posts grouped by year, with links to yearly archive pages (e.g., /archives/2024/).
- Tag navigation — Posts are linked to tag pages (e.g., /tags/chatgpt/), and the theme renders tag lists in the sidebar or post metadata.
- Creative Commons footer — The theme's footer includes a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license notice with a link to the license details.
- Chinese-language interface — The theme is designed for Chinese-language content, as evidenced by the blog's title "木匣子" and Chinese post titles.
Who should use Hexo Theme Mutoo?
- Personal bloggers: Bloggers using Hexo who want a clean, SCSS-based theme tailored for Chinese content and year-by-year archiving.
- Hexo theme learners: Developers looking for a small SCSS-themed Hexo theme to study how a custom site layout is structured.
- Developers who follow mutoo: Anyone interested in the author's design choices can use or fork the theme for their own Hexo blog.
What can you do with Hexo Theme Mutoo?
- Publish a personal blog: Write Markdown posts, add tags, and let the theme generate an organized blog with yearly archives.
- Customize the design: Since the theme is SCSS-based, you can adjust variables and styles to change colors, fonts, and layout.
- Back up content: The theme's static output can be hosted anywhere, preserving blog content in plain HTML files.
FAQ
Is Hexo Theme Mutoo free?
The theme is hosted on GitHub as a public repository, so it can be downloaded or forked. No pricing or license information is given in the repository description, and it appears to be a personal project shared for public access.
What is Hexo?
Hexo is a fast Node.js-based static site generator that compiles Markdown content into static HTML pages. Themes like Hexo Theme Mutoo provide the layout and styling for the generated site.
Does Hexo Theme Mutoo support tags and archives?
Yes, the blog rendered with this theme shows tag pages (such as /tags/chatgpt/) and year-based archive pages (such as /archives/2023/), confirming that the theme supports these common Hexo features.
What styling language does the theme use?
The primary language listed for the repository is SCSS, so the theme's CSS is written using SCSS syntax, which is then compiled to standard CSS for the browser.
