Hurley's Soul is a personal blog site built with Hugo, the static site generator, and the hugo-theme-stack theme, designed to present long-form writing in a clean, card-based layout. The project source is published under the GPL-3.0 License and is attributed to ©Hurley.
What is Hurley's Soul?
Hurley's Soul is a personal blog template developed with Hugo and the hugo-theme-stack theme by CaiJimmy. It takes Markdown content as input and generates a static HTML blog, as seen at soul.hurleywong.com. The repository contains the full Hugo configuration, the Stack theme dependency, and the blog content. Because the output is static pages, the site can be deployed to any web server or static hosting service without a database or server-side runtime.
Key Features
- Hugo framework — The blog is built with Hugo, a static site generator that turns Markdown content into HTML files.
- hugo-theme-stack — The site uses the Stack theme for its design and layout, a theme by CaiJimmy found on GitHub.
- GPL-3.0 license — The project is released under the GPL-3.0 License, allowing free use and modification with copyleft obligations.
- Visible live site — The project links to a live demo at soul.hurleywong.com, showing the intended output.
Who is it for?
- Independent bloggers — Writers who want a fast, low-maintenance blog with a modern theme can use this repository as a starting point.
- Hugo developers — Developers exploring Hugo can study this project to see how the Stack theme is integrated and configured.
- Creative individuals — People who want to publish a personal "soul" blog, as the name suggests, with a focus on writing rather than site management.
What can you do with Hurley's Soul?
- Publish personal articles — Use the Markdown-based writing workflow to draft and publish posts that are automatically rendered into the blog layout.
- Customize the theme — Since the theme is integrated as a dependency, you can adjust layouts, styles, and templates to tailor the blog's appearance.
- Deploy to static hosting — After building with Hugo, the generated HTML files can be uploaded to Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages, or any static host.
