Ananke Theme for Hugo
Ananke is a flexible, production-ready starter theme for Hugo focused on accessibility, performance, and maintainable defaults.

- Demo: ananke-theme.netlify.app
- Documentation: ananke-documentation.netlify.app
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
[!IMPORTANT]
Ananke moved to its own organisation on April 23, 2026. Please update your references from
github.com/theNewDynamic/gohugo-theme-ananketogithub.com/gohugo-ananke/ananke. Bear with us as we update all documentation and links to reflect this change. Until then, both URLs will continue to work as links as well as in thegitoperations for cloning and submodules.The following steps should suffice to update your references if you have not changed the setup:
For Hugo Modules: search and replace all instances of
github.com/theNewDynamic/gohugo-theme-ananke/v2withgithub.com/gohugo-ananke/ananke/v2in your site's configuration and runhugo mod tidyto update the module dependencies.For Git Submodules: To change the remote URL for your existing submodule, run:
cd path/to/your/repo/themes/ananke # <-- adjust path as needed, keep the 'themes/ananke' part git remote set-url origin https://github.com/gohugo-ananke/ananke.gitThen find
.gitmodulesin the root of your repository and replace all instances oftheNewDynamic/gohugo-theme-anankewithgohugo-ananke/anankein that file as well. Finally, rungit submodule syncto update the submodule configuration.Issues? Get in touch via GitHub Discussions.
Features
- Responsive layouts and accessible markup
- Configurable hero/header behaviour
- Configurable social follow/share links
- Optional contact form shortcode
- Localized i18n strings in many languages
- SEO defaults with Hugo internal templates
- Reading time/word count support
- Robots.txt handling by environment
Installation
Ananke supports both installation methods:
If you are new to Hugo, see Hugo's official quick start: gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start.
Getting Started
After installation, use these guides to configure your site:
Support and Contributions
- Bug reports: GitHub Issues
- Questions and feature ideas: GitHub Discussions
- Contribution guide: CONTRIBUTING.md