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Nordlys logo, a drawing of two gray mountains with green northern lights in the background Nordlys

About

Nordlys is a minimal Astro blog theme, ideal for a personal blog and showcasing a projects portfolio. It is fully customizable with baked-in theming and ready-to-use components. Developed by FjellOverflow using Astro and Tailwindcss. The name Nordlys comes from Norwegian and means Northern Lights or Aurora, which is also reflected in the logo!

Nordlys logo, a drawing of two gray mountains with green northern lights in the background

Built-in Pages

The theme includes a landing page, blog, projects section, about page and a 404 page. Adding new content is straightforward - simply create a new .md file in the src/pages, src/content/posts or src/content/projects directories and start writing! Take a look at the provided examples to see how to tweak and configure the pages correctly.

Configuration & Customization

All basic configuration is done in src/theme.config.ts. To learn more about how you can configure and customize this theme, visit the blog section. There you will find tutorials and feature showcases. Nordlys offers a variety of features, such as a light/dark mode, icons, custom components, color schemes, and headers for code-blocks.