Darby

Darby

Darby is a minimal, fast, and themeable Hugo documentation theme that provides dark mode, client-side search, polished code blocks, callouts, and navigation components out of the box for technical docs sites.

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Quick Overview

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Freemium from Free (MIT license)

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Darby

Darby is a minimal, fast, and beautiful Hugo theme built specifically for technical documentation. It provides dark and light modes, client-side instant search (keyboard-first ⌘K), styled code blocks, callouts, and out-of-the-box navigation components so teams can publish documentation that looks premium with minimal configuration. The site itself is built with Darby and serves as a live example and documentation source for adopting the theme.

A minimal, fast, beautiful Hugo documentation theme.

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Key Features

Client-side Instant Search

Keyboard-first (⌘K) client-side search that requires zero configuration and runs in the browser.

Dark & Light Modes

System-aware dark and light themes with instant toggling and no flash.

Gorgeous Code Blocks

Catppuccin syntax highlighting, filename tabs, copy buttons, line highlights, and Fira Code ligatures for polished code presentation.

Callouts & Content Components

Built-in note, tip, warning, caution callouts plus tabs, cards, steps, and accordions for organizing content.

Mermaid Diagrams

Support for Mermaid diagrams with styling themed to the site accent, rendered from plain code fences.

Themeable

Accent colors and fonts can be swapped from configuration without SCSS or additional build steps.

Effortless Navigation

Collapsible sidebar, on-page table of contents, breadcrumbs, and automatically generated prev/next links.

Open Source (MIT)

Darby is MIT licensed and free to use; the theme is built on Hugo for fast builds.

Pricing

Free Tier Available

Darby is free and MIT licensed.

Open source

Free (MIT license)
  • Hugo theme files
  • Documentation and examples
  • MIT license

Use Cases

Developer Documentation

Create API references, guides, and examples with enhanced code blocks and navigational aids suitable for developer-facing docs.

Internal Team Documentation / Knowledge Base

Publish a team's source of truth with structured navigation, callouts, and instant local search for internal documentation sites.

Product Help & User Guides

Ship polished public-facing documentation and tutorials with themed diagrams, callouts, and searchable content without extra tooling.

Integrations

Hugo

Darby is a theme built specifically for Hugo sites and integrates as a Hugo theme/module.

GitHub

The theme is distributed via a GitHub repository (installable via Hugo module command referencing github.com/aktech/darby).

Benefits

Fast, lightweight documentation sites powered by Hugo's performant builds.
Polished default UI (dark mode, search, code styling) that reduces setup time.
Themeable without SCSS or extra build steps, simplifying customization.
Open source MIT license enables free use and modification.
Built-in content components (callouts, tabs, diagrams) reduce need for custom implementation.

Limitations

Designed specifically for Hugo — requires using Hugo to adopt the theme.

Frequently Asked Questions

No verified FAQs are available.

Getting Started

  1. 1 Install the theme as a Hugo module: hugo mod get github.com/aktech/darby
  2. 2 Configure Darby in your Hugo site configuration (Darby documents configuration parameters on the site).
  3. 3 Start writing docs — the demo site is built with Darby and demonstrates available components and layouts.

Support

docs

Official documentation and guides on the Darby site (Installation, Configuration, Guides, Reference).

GitHub

Source repository and issues/discussions on GitHub (repository referenced by the install command).

discussions

Community discussions (link shown in site navigation) for questions and sharing.

assistant

On-site "Ask Assistant" feature for quick help about Darby; responses are generated using AI as noted on the page.

API

Available: No

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