HugoBlox Kit is a modular static site framework built on Hugo, providing a block-based page builder for academic, portfolio, documentation, and marketing websites. It uses Hugo's template system with Preact for interactive components, Tailwind CSS v4 for styling, and supports various third-party services (analytics, comments, search). The architecture is a monorepo with core modules (blox, analytics, slides, integrations) and multiple starter templates. Key entry points include the block system (blox/), layouts, shortcodes, and partials. Data flows from Markdown content and YAML configuration through Hugo's build pipeline, with client-side hydration via Preact. External dependencies include Hugo Extended, Node.js, pnpm, and various CDN-hosted libraries (Reveal.js, Mermaid, KaTeX, etc.). The framework is heavily oriented toward academic and research use cases, with features like BibTeX import, publication pages, and author profiles, but also serves general-purpose sites like SaaS landing pages and documentation.
This repository is a Hugo-based starter template for building an academic CV website, part of the HugoBlox ecosystem. It provides pre-configured project structure, sample content (blog posts, publications, projects, courses, events, slides), and CI/CD workflows for deployment to GitHub Pages or Netlify. The codebase is primarily configuration (Hugo, YAML, Go modules, npm packages) and Markdown content, with minimal custom layout code (a single partial for a GitHub button). Its primary value is as a boilerplate for researchers and academics to quickly spin up a personal portfolio site. While it contains no complex application logic, it demonstrates solid engineering practices through well-structured configuration, modern build tooling (Tailwind CSS v4, Pagefind search), and reusable CI/CD patterns.