Jekyll / by Michael Rose
Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme
Less chrome. More signal.
A minimal, flexible Jekyll blog theme for writing, publishing, and content-led personal sites.
- Downloads directly from GitHub
- View the repository ↗
- Version
- 4.26.1
- Released
- Sep 1, 2013
- Updated
- Mar 3, 2025
- Technology
- Jekyll
- Downloads
- 500+
- Rating
- ★ 5 / 5
Overview
About this theme
Minimal Mistakes is one of the most popular open-source Jekyll themes. It is a flexible two-column theme for personal sites, blogs, portfolios, and project documentation.
It keeps styling minimal and encourages customization through layouts, skins, localization, and integrations. Install it with RubyGems and a few lines in _config.yml.
Features
- Theme gem for easy install and upgrades
- GitHub Pages compatible
- 9 color skins
- Blog, archive, search, and splash layouts
- SEO with Twitter Cards and Open Graph
- Disqus, utterances, and giscus comments
- Google Analytics integration
- UI localized in 40+ languages



