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A minimal, retro-inspired Jekyll theme for engineers who care about the metal.
low is a lightweight Jekyll theme designed for technical blogging — inspired by Fabien Sanglard’s website.
It’s meant for developers who write about low-level programming, graphics, operating systems, emulation, and the craft of software.
No JavaScript frameworks. No build pipelines. Just clean HTML, monospace typography, and focus on content.
- ⚙️ Zero-dependency design — pure HTML + CSS, no JavaScript.
- 💾 Retro technical aesthetic — monospaced typography and print-like layout.
- 🧱 Simple structure — easily fork, modify, or embed in existing Jekyll setups.
- 📰 RSS + SEO ready — via jekyll-feed, jekyll-seo-tag, and jekyll-sitemap.
- 🗓️ Archive view — grouped by year, auto-generated from posts.
- 🖋️ Clean code blocks — styled for low-level and C-style syntax.
- 🪶 Compact footer — © year + author, nothing more.
low/
├── _layouts/
│ ├── default.html # Base layout (includes header/footer)
│ ├── home.html # Main index page
│ ├── post.html # Individual post layout
│ └── archive.html # Yearly archive page
│
├── _includes/
│ ├── head.html # Metadata + styles
│ ├── header.html # Top navigation bar
│ ├── footer.html # Minimal one-liner footer
│ ├── post-list.html # Reusable post index
│ └── post-meta.html # Date + tags for posts
│
├── assets/
│ └── css/
│ └── main.scss # Global theme styles
│
├── _sass/
│ └── theme/
│ └── _syntax.scss # Rouge syntax highlighting
│
└── low.gemspec # Jekyll theme definition
Add it to your Jekyll site:
This theme follows the same principles as the projects it’s meant to host:
- Understand what runs under the hood.
- Respect simplicity.
- Prefer text over tools.
It’s ideal for developers writing deep dives into:
- retro-game rendering,
- CPU emulation,
- assembly or C,
- framebuffer graphics,
- or OS development logs.
The theme ships with an example/ site that demonstrates:
- index listing posts under Articles,
- /archive/ for yearly grouping,
- /rss.xml for feed readers.
Run it locally:
cd example
bundle exec jekyll serve
Open: http://127.0.0.1:4000
Heavily inspired by the aesthetic and minimalism of Fabien Sanglard
