Website template

PaperMod

A fast, clean, responsive Hugo theme

Portfolio · Blog · Free

PaperMod

Pages

Screenshots of the live demo, page by page. Scroll inside a page to see all of it.

/hugo-PaperMod/PaperMod
PaperMod website template, /hugo-PaperMod/ page, part 1
/hugo-PaperMod/aboutAbout | PaperMod
PaperMod website template, /hugo-PaperMod/about page, part 1PaperMod website template, /hugo-PaperMod/about page, part 2

Design breakdown

An AI reading of this template's design: colors, type, spacing, sections and signature details. Ottermind starts from it when you use the template.

Overall

blog, clean, minimal, light

Palette

background #f5f5f5; surfaces [#ffffff, #1e1e1e]; text #1e1e1e; muted text #6c6c6c; primary #000000; accents []

Type

headings (-apple-system, 700, title case); body (-apple-system, 16px); scale (h1: 34px, h2: 24px, h3: 18px)

Shape & spacing

button radius 18px, card radius 8px, no borders, no shadows, section spacing 40px, content width 718px

Sections (top to bottom)
  • Header — horizontal nav bar with logo, language selector, and menu links, white background
  • Hero — centered headline, subheading, bullet list, social icons (GitHub, Discord, Twitter, Coffee), white background
  • Article cards — three stacked cards with titles, excerpts, metadata, white background, rounded corners
  • Pagination — "Next 2/4" button, black pill-shaped, right-aligned
  • Footer — centered copyright and attribution text, light gray
Signature details
  • Minimalist layout with generous whitespace
  • Rounded card corners and pill-shaped buttons
  • Consistent use of -apple-system font across all text
  • Social icons as inline SVGs with uniform size
  • Clean, unobtrusive pagination control
  • Language toggle in header with flag icon
Other pages
  • /about: full-width content with table of contents, feature list, images, and call-to-action buttons

Template details

Category
Portfolio, Blog, Starter Kit
Built with
Hugo
License
MIT
Author
Aditya Telange
Listed on
Hugo Themes
Price
Free
  • blog
  • dark
  • light
  • minimal
  • multilingual
  • personal

Original design by Aditya Telange, listed on Hugo Themes. Ottermind does not copy the template's code; it builds a new site from the brief.

The brief Ottermind starts from

It opens in Studio as a draft — add your brand, audience and pages before you send.

Build a portfolio website inspired by the "PaperMod" template. Reference brief: A fast, clean, responsive Hugo theme Style and features to reflect: blog, dark, light, minimal, multilingual, personal. Use original copy and imagery for my brand rather than the reference's placeholder content.

How to use this template

  1. 1

    Click “Use this template” to open it in Ottermind Studio with its brief filled in.

  2. 2

    Add your brand, audience, pages and content to the brief.

  3. 3

    Ottermind builds a new site inspired by this design — keep editing it in the chat.