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Geekdoc is a simple Hugo theme for documentations. It is intentionally designed as a fast and lean theme and may not fit the requirements of complex projects. If a more feature-complete theme is required there are a lot of got alternatives out there.

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### Clean and simple design

Stay focused on exploring the content and don't get overwhelmed by a complex design.

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### Light and mobile-friendly

The theme is powered by less than 1 MB and looks impressive on mobile devices as well as on a regular Desktop.

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### Easy customization

The look and feel can be easily customized by CSS custom properties (variables), features can be adjusted by Hugo parameters.

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### Zero initial configuration

Getting started in minutes. The theme is shipped with a default configuration and works out of the box.

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### Handy shortcodes

We included some (hopefully) useful custom shortcodes so you don't have to and can focus on writing amazing docs.

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### Dark mode

Powerful dark mode that detects your system preferences or can be controlled by a toggle switch.

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