# [Hugo Academic Blog Theme](https://github.com/wowchemy/hugo-blog-theme) [](https://wowchemy.com/hugo-themes/) The **Hugo Academic Blog Template** empowers you to easily create your own *personal blog* or *build a business around your content*. ️**Trusted by 250,000+ researchers, educators, and students.** Highly customizable via the integrated **no-code, widget-based Wowchemy page builder**, making every site truly personalized ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ [](https://wowchemy.com/hugo-themes/) [](https://discord.com/channels/722225264733716590/742892432458252370/742895548159492138) [](https://twitter.com/wowchemy) Easily write technical content with plain text Markdown, LaTeX math, diagrams, RMarkdown, or Jupyter, and import publications from BibTeX. [Check out the latest demo](https://hugo-blog-theme.netlify.app/) of what you'll get in less than 10 minutes, or [view the showcase](https://wowchemy.com/creators/). The integrated [**Wowchemy**](https://wowchemy.com) website builder and CMS makes it easy to create a beautiful website for free. Edit your site in the CMS (or your favorite editor), generate it with [Hugo](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo), and deploy with GitHub or Netlify. Customize anything on your site with widgets, light/dark themes, and language packs. - 👉 [**Get Started**](https://wowchemy.com/hugo-themes/) - 📚 [View the **documentation**](https://wowchemy.com/docs/) - 💬 [Chat with the **Wowchemy research community**](https://discord.gg/z8wNYzb) or [**Hugo community**](https://discourse.gohugo.io) - ⬇️ **Automatically import citations from BibTeX** with the [Hugo Academic CLI](https://github.com/wowchemy/hugo-academic-cli) - 🐦 Share your new site with the community: [@wowchemy](https://twitter.com/wowchemy) [@GeorgeCushen](https://twitter.com/GeorgeCushen) [#MadeWithWowchemy](https://twitter.com/search?q=(%23MadeWithWowchemy%20OR%20%23MadeWithAcademic)&src=typed_query) - 🗳 [Take the survey and help us improve #OpenSource](https://forms.gle/NioD9VhUg7PNmdCAA) - 🚀 [Contribute improvements](https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/blob/main/.github/contributing.md) or [suggest improvements](https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/issues) - ⬆️ **Updating?** View the [Update Guide](https://wowchemy.com/docs/hugo-tutorials/update/) and [Release Notes](https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-themes/releases) ## We ask you, humbly, to support this open source movement Today we ask you to defend the open source independence of the Wowchemy website builder and themes 🐧 We're an open source movement that depends on your support to stay online and thriving, but 99.9% of our creators don't give; they simply look the other way. ### [❤️ Click here to become a GitHub Sponsor, unlocking awesome perks such as _exclusive academic templates and widgets_](https://github.com/sponsors/gcushen) ## Demo credits - Images - [cat](https://unsplash.com/photos/GtwiBmtJvaU) (in blog post)