This repository is the official Ghost Starter Theme, a foundation for building custom Ghost CMS themes. It provides a complete set of Handlebars templates (default.hbs, index.hbs, post.hbs, etc.), modular CSS components (buttons, forms, global reset), and JavaScript modules (mobile menu toggle, infinite scroll) that are compiled and optimized via Rollup and PostCSS. The theme is designed to be extended and includes CI/CD workflows for testing and deployment. It is not a standalone application but a theme package that runs within the Ghost CMS environment (>=5.0.0). The codebase demonstrates modern front-end tooling with ESM, CSS custom properties, and responsive image handling. While the theme itself is tightly coupled to Ghost's template engine, several components (CSS patterns, infinite scroll, menu toggle) are self-contained and could be extracted for use in other projects.
The Dawn repository is a Ghost theme designed for the Ghost blogging platform (version >=5.0.0). It provides a responsive, feature-rich frontend for Ghost blogs, including templates for various page types, asset pipelines for CSS and JavaScript, and support for Ghost-native features like members, tags, authors, and comments. The theme emphasizes reader experience with adaptive navigation, infinite scroll pagination, lightbox galleries, and responsive embeds. Architecturally, it follows the standard Ghost theme structure with Handlebars templates for server-side rendering and client-side JavaScript enhancements. The build system uses Gulp and PostCSS to process assets, and leverages shared Ghost theme packages for base assets and translations. Key interactive components include a responsive dropdown menu, infinite scroll pagination with IntersectionObserver, a delegated lightbox for dynamic content, and responsive image handling via a custom Handlebars partial. While the theme is highly optimized for Ghost integration, it contains several reusable frontend patterns—such as adaptive navigation, infinite scroll pagination, and dynamic lightbox galleries—that could be adapted to other projects with minimal modification. The theme is actively maintained as part of the TryGhost/Themes monorepo, with recent commits indicating ongoing support.