Papyrus

Papyrus is a responsive three-column Jekyll theme for classic-styled personal sites and blogs, built with careful typographic details and loosely based on the Onelight Atom Theme.

What is Papyrus?

Papyrus is a Jekyll theme that generates a static website from Markdown and HTML content. It uses a responsive three-column layout with a classic, timeless design. The theme is available as an open-source GitHub repository (hugoferreira/papyrus-theme) and has 118 stars. It is built on Jekyll, the Ruby-based static site generator that powers GitHub Pages.

Key Features

• Responsive three-column layout — The desktop view shows three columns; on smaller screens the layout stacks into a single column for mobile reading.
• Classic styling — Emphasizes typography with careful spacing, font pairing, and reading rhythm.
• Based on Onelight Atom Theme — The visual style draws from the Onelight editor theme for a light, clean aesthetic.
• Jekyll-native — Works with standard Jekyll file structures, including _posts, _layouts, and _includes.
• Live reload during development — Run jekyll serve --watch to auto-regenerate the site at http://127.0.0.1:4000/papyrus-theme/.
• Simple installation — Install by cloning the repository and running two commands.

Who is it for?

• Personal bloggers — Publish a blog with classic typography and a focus on readability.
• Portfolio owners — Present projects and writing samples in a clean three-column grid.
• Jekyll learners — Explore a concise, minimal theme codebase to learn Jekyll conventions.

What can you do with it?

• Launch a personal blog — Write posts in Markdown and generate a static site suitable for GitHub Pages.
• Build a portfolio site — Showcase work samples with a simple, content-focused layout.
• Develop custom Jekyll themes — Use Papyrus as a starting point and modify layouts, includes, and styles.

How to install and test

1. Clone the repository: git clone git@github.com:hugoferreira/papyrus-theme.git
2. Enter the folder: cd papyrus-theme/
3. Start the Jekyll server: jekyll serve --watch
4. Access the site at http://127.0.0.1:4000/papyrus-theme/