Website template

Stack

Card-style Hugo theme designed for bloggers

Portfolio · Blog · Free

Stack

Pages

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

/Hugo Theme Stack
Stack website template, / page, part 1

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 #f5f5fa; surfaces [#ffffff, #2a9d8f, #eaeaea]; text #000000; muted text #707070; primary #2a9d8f; accents []

Type

headings Lato, 700, sentence-case; body Lato, 16px; scale h1 16px / h2 14px / h3 20px

Shape & spacing

button/card radius 10px/4px, no borders, shadow rgba(0,0,0,0.04) 0 4px 8px, rgba(0,0,0,0.06) 0 0 2px, rgba(0,0,0,0.04) 0 0 1px, section spacing 2rem, content width 800px

Sections (top to bottom)
  • Header — fixed sidebar with logo, nav links, language toggle, dark mode switch; main content area with hero image and article cards; right sidebar with search, archives, categories, tags
  • Main content — vertical card layout of articles with featured image, label, headline, excerpt, metadata, language tags; consistent padding and spacing between cards
  • Pagination — centered numeric pagination with ellipsis and arrows
  • Footer — centered copyright, Hugo credit, designer attribution
Signature details
  • Card-style article containers with subtle drop shadows
  • Teal "Documentation" label above each article
  • Minimalist sidebar with icon-only navigation
  • Hover effect on sidebar items and buttons
  • Language selector with flag icons
  • Clean typography hierarchy with consistent spacing
Other pages
  • /about: personal profile with bio and social links
  • /archives: chronological list of posts by year
  • /search: results page with filtered entries
  • /links: curated external resources in grid layout

Template details

Category
Portfolio, Blog
Built with
Hugo
License
GPL-3.0-only
Author
Jimmy Cai
Listed on
Hugo Themes
Price
Free
  • blog
  • dark
  • light
  • personal

Original design by Jimmy Cai, 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 "Stack" template. Reference brief: Card-style Hugo theme designed for bloggers Style and features to reflect: blog, dark, light, 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.