Sci Blog

Sci Blog is a free, MIT-licensed Jekyll theme for scientific and academic blogging, created by Air Raya and built on the Bootstrap front-end framework.

What is Sci Blog?

Sci Blog is a Jekyll theme designed for scientific blogs, created by Air Raya and released under the MIT license. It takes Markdown posts and generates a static blog with a Bootstrap-based responsive layout. The theme is available as a downloadable zip from GitHub and includes a live demo at yourfreebies.github.io/sciblog.

Key Features

• Jekyll static site generator — Posts are written in Markdown and compiled to a static blog with no database required.
• Bootstrap framework — Styling is built on Bootstrap, providing responsive layouts and standard components.
• Pagination support — The installation steps require the jekyll-paginate gem, indicating paginated post archives.
• MIT license — The theme is free to use, modify, and redistribute with attribution to AIR RAYA GROUP.
• Demo site — A live preview is available at yourfreebies.github.io/sciblog to inspect the theme before installing.
• Windows-friendly setup — The guide walks through installing Ruby, Jekyll, and running the site locally on localhost:4000.
• Design resources — Credits include getbootstrap.com, startbootstrap.com, and noisetexturegenerator.com, showing the design toolkit used.

Who is it for?

• Researchers and academics — Publish research updates, paper notes, and lab news in a simple static blog.
• Science bloggers — Write long-form science posts with Markdown and rely on Jekyll's built-in blog structure.
• Jekyll newcomers — Use the step-by-step installation guide to learn how to set up a Jekyll blog on Windows.

What can you do with Sci Blog?

• Publish scientific posts — Write in Markdown and generate a static blog with Bootstrap styling.
• Preview locally — Run jekyll serve and browse to http://localhost:4000 to view the site on your own machine.
• Customize and extend — Fork the GitHub repository at github.com/yourfreebies/sciblog and modify the theme under the MIT license.

How does Sci Blog work?

The theme's setup process involves installing Ruby and the Jekyll gem, creating a new Jekyll site, copying the downloaded theme files into the blog folder, installing jekyll-paginate, and running jekyll serve to preview at localhost:4000. The full 15-step guide is on the theme's page.

Pricing

Sci Blog is free; it is released under the MIT license, so no purchase is required.

FAQ

Is Sci Blog free?

Yes, Sci Blog is free and released under the MIT license. You can use it for personal or commercial projects as long as you include the copyright notice from AIR RAYA GROUP.

What do I need to run Sci Blog?

You need Ruby, the Jekyll gem, and the jekyll-paginate gem. The installation guide on the theme page covers the Windows setup, including installing Ruby from rubyinstaller.org.

Where can I get support for Sci Blog?

For bugs or issues, contact the Air Raya team at [email protected] or fork the GitHub repository and contribute fixes.