**Create a free website with Academic using Markdown, Jupyter, or RStudio. Choose a beautiful color theme and build anything with the Page Builder - over 40 _widgets_, _themes_, and _language packs_ included!**
[Check out the latest **demo**](https://academic-demo.netlify.com/) of what you'll get in less than 10 minutes, or [view the **showcase**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/#expo) of personal, project, and business sites.
- 💡 [Request a **feature** or report a **bug**](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/issues)
- ⬆️ **Updating?** View the [Update Guide](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/update/) and [Release Notes](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/updates/)
- :heart: **Support development** of Academic:
- ☕️ [**Donate a coffee**](https://paypal.me/cushen)
- 💵 [Become a backer on **Patreon**](https://www.patreon.com/cushen)
- 🖼️ [Decorate your laptop or journal with an Academic **sticker**](https://www.redbubble.com/people/neutreno/works/34387919-academic)
- 👕 [Wear the **T-shirt**](https://academic.threadless.com/)
- **Page builder** - Create *anything* with [**widgets**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/page-builder/) and [**elements**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/writing-markdown-latex/)
- **Edit any type of content** - Blog posts, publications, talks, slides, projects, and more!
- **Create content** in [**Markdown**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/writing-markdown-latex/), [**Jupyter**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/jupyter/), or [**RStudio**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/#install-with-rstudio)
- **Plugin System** - Fully customizable [**color** and **font themes**](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/themes/)
- **Display Code and Math** - Code highlighting and [LaTeX math](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Mathematics) supported
Academic comes with **day (light) and night (dark) mode** built-in. Click the sun/moon icon in the top right of the [Demo](https://academic-demo.netlify.com/) to see it in action!
* **[Academic Admin](https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-admin):** An admin tool to import publications from BibTeX or import assets for an offline site
* **[Academic Scripts](https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-scripts):** Scripts to help migrate content to new versions of Academic
* Optionally, to edit your site in a [Markdown editor](https://www.typora.io) on your computer, perform the steps in the [*Install with Git*](#install-with-git) section below
2. [Download](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/archive/master.zip) and extract the *Academic theme* files from the `hugo-academic-master` folder to the `themes/academic/` folder in *Academic Kickstart*
[Install Academic with RStudio](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/#install-with-rstudio)
## Demo content
For inspiration, refer to the [Markdown content](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/tree/master/exampleSite) which powers the [Demo](https://academic-demo.netlify.com/).
If you wish to initialise your site with the demo content, copy the contents of the `themes/academic/exampleSite/` folder to your website root folder, overwriting existing files if necessary. The `exampleSite` folder contains an example config file and content to help you get started. The following command can be used to accomplish this:
Feel free to *star* the project on [Github](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/) and follow [@source_themes](https://twitter.com/source_themes) on Twitter to help keep track of [updates](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/updates).