jekyll-materializecss is a simple Jekyll theme built on the Materializecss front-end framework, designed to produce a personal blog with a post page and an About Me page. It runs on any Jekyll environment and generates static HTML output, making it suitable for GitHub Pages or any static host.
What is jekyll-materializecss?
jekyll-materializecss is a minimal Jekyll theme that uses the Materializecss framework (the CSS/JS library based on Google's Material Design) for styling. It takes Markdown or HTML content and renders a blog with a dedicated post page and an About Me page. The theme is maintained by Hugo Carreira and is available as an open-source repository on GitHub.
Key Features
- Materializecss integration — the theme loads Materializecss components such as navigation, cards, and grid layout to style the blog.
- Post Page — a dedicated layout for blog posts, with content rendered from Markdown files.
- About Me Page — a pre-built page for a personal bio, with a Portuguese (pt-br) version also included.
- Corrected SCSS files — the source SCSS has been fixed so the theme compiles cleanly with Jekyll's build process.
- Simple setup — clone the repository, run
bundle install, thenjekyll serveto start a local dev server. - Demo site — an online preview is available at http://hugocarreira.github.io/jekyll-materializecss.
Who is it for?
- Jekyll newcomers who want a ready-made blog theme with Material Design styling and minimal configuration.
- Portuguese-speaking users who need an About Me page in pt-br without writing it from scratch.
- Developers who prefer a lightweight, dependency-light theme and want to fork it to customize the SCSS and layouts.
Use cases
- Personal bloggers: set up a personal blog with a home page, post page, and bio page in a few commands.
- Developers learning Jekyll: study how a small Jekyll theme integrates a CSS framework like Materializecss.
- Portfolio or resume sites: adapt the About Me page to work as a simple portfolio introduction.
