Hugo Theme Blunix

Hugo Theme Blunix is a professional, block-based Hugo theme for consulting and service-based business websites, created and maintained by Blunix GmbH. It powers the company's own site at www.blunix.com.

What is Hugo Theme Blunix?

Hugo Theme Blunix is a Hugo theme that turns plain markdown content and front matter into a static business website with a block-based page builder. You define pages by listing reusable content blocks in each page's front matter, and the theme renders them as responsive HTML with Tailwind CSS styling. The theme runs on Hugo Extended v0.120.0 or later and requires Go v1.21 or later when installed as a Hugo Module, but no Node.js or npm are needed because the CSS is pre-compiled.

Key Features

• Block-based page builder — Compose pages from 14 reusable block partials, including hero, text-image, features-grid, pricing-tabs, FAQ, partners-scroller, and call-to-action.
• Multilingual support — Built-in i18n translation files for English and German (en.yaml and de.yaml), with a documented languages.toml setup.
• Responsive Tailwind CSS design — Mobile-first styling using Tailwind CSS; the static directory includes compiled CSS and JavaScript libraries such as Alpine.js and Prism.js.
• SEO optimized — OpenGraph tags, Twitter Cards, and semantic markup are built into the head partial.
• Service business blocks — Purpose-built sections for pricing tables, contact information, ethics/values accordion, and process timelines.
• Multiple installation methods — Install as a Hugo Module, a Git submodule, or a local theme folder; updating workflows are documented for each.
• Customization without build tools — Override any template by copying it to your site's layouts directory, and override styles by copying static/css/style.css.
• Example site included — The exampleSite/ directory contains a complete working demo with config and content files.

Who should use Hugo Theme Blunix?

Consulting firms and service-based companies can build a corporate website with service pages, pricing, and contact sections without writing frontend code. Web developers who use Hugo can use the block-based layout to assemble custom pages quickly from configurable front matter. Multilingual businesses can ship an English and German version of their site using the bundled i18n files. Small teams needing a no-build-tool workflow can edit the theme as a submodule and rely on Hugo's static generation.

What can you do with Hugo Theme Blunix?

• Consulting agencies: Assemble a services page with a hero-breadcrumb, text-image, features-grid, and CTA block to guide leads toward contact.
• Productized service businesses: Present pricing plans using the pricing-tabs block and answer common questions with the FAQ accordion block.
• Corporate sites: Publish a company blog using the blog/ templates alongside standard pages, and add a partners-scroller for client logos.
• Multilingual organizations: Configure languages in languages.toml and use Hugo's i18n function to render the same layout in English and German.

How does the block-based layout work?

Pages define a blocks array in their front matter, where each item has a block field matching a partial name in the theme's layouts/partials/blocks/ directory. The theme loops through the array in order and renders each block partial, passing the remaining front matter fields as parameters. For example, a page can start with a hero block, follow with a text-image block, and finish with a cta block.

FAQ

Does Hugo Theme Blunix require Node.js or npm?

No. The theme ships with pre-compiled CSS and JavaScript in the static/ directory, so you only need Hugo Extended v0.120.0 or later (and Go v1.21+ if you use Hugo Modules). You can edit the CSS directly in static/css/style.css without any build step.

What Hugo version is needed?

You need Hugo Extended v0.120.0 or later. The theme also requires Go v1.21 or later when installed as a Hugo Module, because Hugo Modules need Go to resolve dependencies.

Is Hugo Theme Blunix free?

The theme is open source and released under the MIT License, so it is free to use and modify for personal and commercial projects.

Which languages are supported out of the box?

The theme includes English and German translation files in the i18n/ directory. You can add additional languages by creating your own translation files following the same pattern.

Can I add my own custom blocks?

Yes. You can add new block partials to your site's layouts/partials/blocks/ directory, and they will be available alongside the theme's built-in blocks when you reference them in front matter.