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title = "Kita"
description = "Kita is a clean, elegant and simple blog theme for Zola."
template = "theme.html"
date = 2024-06-13T08:07:01-05:00

[extra]
created = 2024-06-13T08:07:01-05:00
updated = 2024-06-13T08:07:01-05:00
repository = "https://github.com/st1020/kita.git"
homepage = "https://github.com/st1020/kita"
minimum_version = "0.17.0"
license = "MIT"
demo = "https://st1020.github.io/kita/"

[extra.author]
name = "st1020"
homepage = "https://st1020.com"
+++        

# Kita

Kita is a clean, elegant and simple blog theme for Zola.

This theme is based on Hugo theme [hugo-paper](https://github.com/nanxiaobei/hugo-paper) with some features added.

[Demo](https://st1020.github.io/kita/)

![Screenshot](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/st1020/kita/main/screenshot.png)

## Features

- Easy to use and modify
- No preset limits (This theme does not limit your content directory structure, taxonomy names, etc. It's applicable to all zola sites.)
- Dark mode
- Responsive design
- Social icons
- Taxonomies support
- Projects page
- Archive page
- Table of Content
- Admonition shortcode
- SEO friendly
- Comments using [Giscus](https://giscus.app/)
- Mathematical notations using [KaTeX](https://katex.org/)
- Diagrams and charts using [Mermaid](https://mermaid.js.org/)

## Installation

The easiest way to install this theme is to clone this repository in the themes directory:

```sh
git clone https://github.com/st1020/kita.git themes/kita
```

Or to use it as a submodule:

```sh
git submodule add https://github.com/st1020/kita.git themes/kita
```

Then set `kita` as your theme in `config.toml`.

```toml
theme = "kita"
```

## Configuration

See the `extra` section in [config.toml](https://github.com/st1020/kita/blob/main/config.toml) as a example.

## License

[MIT License](https://github.com/st1020/kita/blob/main/LICENSE)

Copyright (c) 2023-present, st1020