rewired

Rewired is a dark, minimal, terminal-inspired Hugo theme for blogs and project portfolios, built around Dracula-inspired colors and Fira Code typography. It generates static sites from Hugo content, offering multilingual support, blog and project pages, and taxonomy pages.

What is rewired?

Rewired is an open-source Hugo theme available on GitHub under the MIT license. It takes Hugo content directories and renders a blog with filters and pagination, a projects page with status filters, and taxonomy/term pages. The theme provides its own styling via a dark Dracula-inspired palette and the Fira Code monospaced font. A demo site is deployed at riglegit.github.io/rewired, and a complete example site lives in the exampleSite directory.

Key Features

• Multilingual support — renders site content in multiple languages using Hugo's built-in internationalization system.
• Blog layout with filters and pagination — blog listing supports filtering posts and navigating pages of content.
• Projects page with status filters — a dedicated portfolio-style layout where projects can be filtered by their status.
• Taxonomy and term pages — generates pages for Hugo taxonomies such as categories and tags.
• Dracula-inspired colors — a dark visual palette directly inspired by the Dracula color scheme.
• Fira Code typography — uses Fira Code, a monospaced font with programming ligatures, throughout the theme.
• Easy installation — install as a git submodule and set the theme name in your Hugo configuration.

Who is rewired for?

Hugo users who want a terminal-like dark aesthetic for a personal blog or portfolio. Developers who are already comfortable with Hugo's project structure can copy the example configuration and start writing content. The multilingual feature makes it suitable for authors publishing in more than one language, and the projects page fits developers or designers who want to display work with status labels.

What can you do with rewired?

• Developers: publish a personal blog with paginated, filterable posts about coding and technology.
• Designers or makers: present a portfolio of projects on a projects page, using status filters to highlight active, paused, or completed work.
• Multilingual authors: publish content in several languages and let Hugo handle the locale routing.
• Hugo learners: study the demo site and exampleSite to see how taxonomies, filters, and multilingual config are wired together.

How does rewired work?

Installation follows standard Hugo theme setup. Add the repository as a git submodule in your themes directory, then set the theme option in your Hugo configuration file. For a fast start, copy the included hugo.example.toml to your site root and adjust values as needed. Content is written as markdown files, and Hugo builds the static site with the layouts provided by the theme.

FAQ

Is rewired free?

Yes. Rewired is licensed under the MIT License, so it is free to use, modify, and reuse in personal and commercial projects.

Does rewired support multilingual sites?

Yes. The theme includes multilingual support using Hugo's i18n features, so you can publish content in multiple languages.

Does rewired include a projects page?

Yes. It includes a projects page layout with status filters, which is useful for showcasing a portfolio.

How do I install rewired?

Run git submodule add and copy the example configuration. The README provides exact commands. Then set the theme to rewired in your Hugo config.