Swift is a clean, minimal Jekyll blog theme built with Bootswatch, designed for writers who want a lightweight, readable static site without frontend build tools.
What is Swift?
Swift is a Jekyll theme for blogs, built with Bootswatch — a collection of themes based on Bootstrap. It takes Markdown content and Jekyll's front matter as input and produces a static HTML site that can be hosted on GitHub Pages or any static web server. The repository is tagged with the topic jekyll-theme and currently has 39 stars.
Key Features
- Minimal design — A clean, uncluttered layout focused on readability, with the stylistic base provided by Bootswatch.
- Bootswatch integration — Uses Bootswatch's CSS, which itself is built on Bootstrap, giving a responsive, mobile-friendly look out of the box.
- Jekyll native — Works with Jekyll's standard post and page system, including YAML front matter, categories, tags, and Liquid templates.
- Static output — Generates plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with no server-side dependencies, making it easy to deploy anywhere.
- GitHub Pages compatible — As a Jekyll theme, it can be deployed to GitHub Pages using Jekyll's standard static site generation.
- Open source — The full source code is available on GitHub for anyone to inspect, modify, or contribute to.
Who is it for?
- Bloggers who want a simple, fast-loading site without learning a JavaScript framework.
- Developers already using Jekyll or GitHub Pages who need a clean theme that doesn't require Node.js or a separate build step.
- Writers who prefer composing in Markdown and want a distraction-free reading experience for their audience.
Use cases
- Personal blog — Publish regular posts using Jekyll's standard
_postsfolder and YAML front matter. - Technical blog — Use the minimal layout and Markdown support to share code-heavy or documentation-style articles.
- Online portfolio with a blog — While focused on blogging, the clean base can be adapted for a small portfolio section alongside posts.
