File: README.md Document Title: GitHub Pages Portfolio Themes Collection Author: Alysha Pursley Date: June 2026 -->
A searchable collection of standalone GitHub Pages portfolio themes with live demos, screenshots, detailed documentation, and customizable designs.
Open the live collection · Report an issue or request an addition
- Collection Overview
- What the Collection Includes
- How the Repositories Are Organized
- Using the Live Collection Page
- Theme Directory
- Using an Individual Theme
- GitHub Pages Deployment
- Important Repository Files
- Reporting Issues or Requesting Additions
- Accessibility and Browser Compatibility
- Copyright
This repository is the main directory for a growing collection of standalone GitHub Pages portfolio themes. Each available theme is maintained in its own repository so visitors can browse the design, open a live demo, review screenshots, and access the source files independently.
The current collection contains 59 theme entries:
- 58 available themes
- 1 theme under manual review:
top-secret
The main collection repository is:
github-pages-themes
Each individual theme is stored in its own repository with a short, readable name such as:
oracle
nightshade
aurora-drift
windows-xp
devhaunt
The collection includes a wide range of portfolio styles, including:
- witchy and moonlit interfaces
- retro desktop themes
- Y2K and old-web designs
- terminal and developer-workspace themes
- space, observatory, telemetry, and mission-control layouts
- colorful creative portfolios
- arcade and game-inspired pages
- editorial, dossier, and archive-style themes
- playful, spooky, and atmospheric designs
Each available theme repository includes:
- a live GitHub Pages demo
- a standalone static website
- a root-level
index.html - an empty
.nojekyllfile - GitHub Pages-safe relative asset paths
- screenshots where available
- a detailed README
- issue and feature-request templates
- GitHub Pages deployment instructions
The collection uses one main directory repository and separate repositories for the individual themes.
github-pages-themes/
├── collection homepage
├── searchable theme directory
├── screenshot previews
├── links to live demos
├── links to individual theme repositories
└── issue and feature-request forms
Each theme repository is a complete standalone project.
oracle/
├── index.html
├── .nojekyll
├── assets/
├── images/
├── README.md
└── additional theme files
Updating one theme does not alter the other themes in the collection.
The live collection page is available at:
https://apursley2012.github.io/github-pages-themes/
Visitors can use the collection page to:
- browse theme previews
- search by theme name or description
- filter by category
- open a live demo
- open the matching source repository
- report a problem
- request an addition or improvement
| Theme | Category | Short Description | Status | Demo | Repository |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Master Artificer | Developer & Desktop | A workshop-inspired developer portfolio with astrolabe-like details, handcrafted interface elements, and a polished inventor’s-desk atmosphere. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Aurora Borealis | Space & Sci-Fi | A luminous portfolio interface inspired by northern lights, atmospheric gradients, and quiet night-sky exploration. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Aurora Cosmos | Space & Sci-Fi | A celestial portfolio theme with cosmic depth, glowing accents, and a dreamy observatory-window presentation. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Aurora Drift | Space & Sci-Fi | A drifting-space portfolio experience with soft aurora color fields, floating visual layers, and a calm futuristic mood. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| CMD Core | Developer & Desktop | A command-center portfolio built around terminal energy, system-core styling, and a precise technical presentation. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Color Melt | Colorful & Creative | A fluid, color-forward portfolio with layered gradients, energetic transitions, and an art-studio-meets-digital-canvas personality. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Colorful | Colorful & Creative | A bright, expressive portfolio theme with cheerful color blocking, playful contrast, and a friendly creative identity. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Cosmic Developer | Space & Sci-Fi | A developer portfolio framed as a voyage through code, projects, and skills with a sleek cosmic interface. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Dark Retro Web | Retro & Arcade | A shadowy retro-web portfolio with early-internet attitude, moody contrast, and nostalgic digital texture. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Dev Nexus | Space & Sci-Fi | A technical hub-style portfolio that organizes projects, skills, and experience through a sleek connected-system interface. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Dev.Void | Space & Sci-Fi | A dark-space developer portfolio with minimal void-like visuals, crisp technical details, and a quietly futuristic atmosphere. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Dev_Mode | Developer & Desktop | A clean developer-mode portfolio with code-inspired presentation, focused navigation, and a practical technical personality. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Dev_Mode Arcade | Retro & Arcade | A developer portfolio styled like an arcade cabinet in debug mode, mixing technical content with playful game-screen energy. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Developer Dossier | Developer & Desktop | A dossier-style portfolio that presents work history, projects, and skills like a classified professional file. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| DevHaunt | Mystical & Haunted | A haunted developer portfolio where technical work meets eerie interface details, shadowy panels, and playful supernatural atmosphere. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Digital Alchemy | Mystical & Haunted | A mystical developer portfolio that blends arcane symbols, coded experiments, and a refined digital-alchemist aesthetic. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Digital Coven | Mystical & Haunted | A witchy digital portfolio with coven-inspired styling, dark interface panels, and a collaborative spellbook-of-projects feeling. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Doom | Retro & Arcade | A heavy, game-inspired portfolio with ominous interface styling, bold contrast, and an unapologetically intense presentation. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Dyed in the Wool | Colorful & Creative | A textile-inspired creative portfolio with rich color, handcrafted warmth, and a cozy but polished studio identity. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Fortune Seeker | Mystical & Haunted | A divination-inspired portfolio that feels like searching through cards, clues, and glowing paths toward the next project. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Full Moon | Mystical & Haunted | A moonlit portfolio with nocturnal colors, mystical details, and a calm supernatural glow. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Full-Stack Sorcery | Mystical & Haunted | A magical developer portfolio that frames full-stack skills, projects, and experience as a carefully organized grimoire. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| GeoCities.exe | Retro & Arcade | A chaotic-fun retro-web portfolio with GeoCities-era spirit, executable-file attitude, and delightfully nostalgic presentation. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Good Vibes | Colorful & Creative | A cheerful personal portfolio with sunny energy, approachable styling, and an upbeat creative presence. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Magical | Mystical & Haunted | A soft magical portfolio with whimsical accents, glowing details, and a welcoming enchanted atmosphere. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Mission Control | Space & Sci-Fi | A mission-control portfolio with dashboard-style panels, technical readouts, and a focused aerospace-command mood. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| My Webring | Retro & Arcade | A personal web-ring portfolio with handcrafted internet nostalgia, community-page charm, and old-web personality. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Mystery Haunting | Mystical & Haunted | A story-like haunted portfolio with mysterious navigation, atmospheric visual details, and a playful paranormal edge. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Neon Retro Arcade | Retro & Arcade | A neon arcade portfolio with glowing controls, energetic retro color, and a high-score-screen sense of fun. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Neon Retro Sys_Admin | Retro & Arcade | A neon systems-administrator portfolio with retro terminal styling, infrastructure flavor, and a bright technical interface. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Neon Retro Web | Retro & Arcade | A glowing retro-web portfolio with cyber-neon accents, nostalgic browser energy, and a lively digital-night aesthetic. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Nightshade | Mystical & Haunted | A dark botanical portfolio with poisonous-flower elegance, moody contrast, and an enchanted nocturnal atmosphere. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Observatory | Space & Sci-Fi | An observatory-inspired portfolio with celestial navigation, scientific curiosity, and a quiet stargazing interface. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Oracle | Mystical & Haunted | A divination-interface portfolio with arcane symbols, dramatic contrast, and an immersive digital-oracle presentation. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Orbital Station | Space & Sci-Fi | A space-station portfolio with modular panels, orbital-system styling, and a clean futuristic operations feel. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Player One | Retro & Arcade | A player-select portfolio with game-screen personality, achievement-style presentation, and playful interactive energy. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Press Start | Retro & Arcade | A retro game-inspired portfolio that invites visitors into projects and experience with a classic press-start welcome. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Retro Arcade | Retro & Arcade | A vintage arcade portfolio with pixel-era inspiration, bold game-room colors, and an energetic nostalgic interface. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Retro Dev | Retro & Arcade | A developer portfolio with retro-computing charm, practical project organization, and an old-school technical personality. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Retro Windows | Retro & Arcade | A desktop-style portfolio inspired by classic Windows interfaces, familiar panels, and nostalgic productivity software. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Space Mission | Space & Sci-Fi | A mission-log portfolio that presents projects, skills, and experience as milestones in an ongoing space expedition. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Spell Index | Mystical & Haunted | A spellbook-index portfolio with neatly cataloged projects, mystical organization, and a practical enchanted-library feel. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Spooky | Mystical & Haunted | A Halloween-flavored portfolio with atmospheric shadows, playful scares, and an approachable haunted-house personality. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Spooky Dev | Mystical & Haunted | A spooky developer portfolio with eerie decorative details, dark technical panels, and a playful Halloween-coded edge. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Sys.Witch | Mystical & Haunted | A system-witch portfolio that mixes terminal-like structure with magical details and a sharp technical identity. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Sys.Witch V2 | Mystical & Haunted | An expanded system-witch portfolio with a richer magical interface, technical structure, and upgraded cyber-occult atmosphere. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Telemetry | Space & Sci-Fi | A telemetry-dashboard portfolio with signal-inspired details, status-panel organization, and a precise data-driven mood. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| The Artisan Developer | Developer & Desktop | A craft-focused developer portfolio with workshop warmth, thoughtful detail, and a refined handmade-tech identity. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| The Craft | Mystical & Haunted | A mystical craft-inspired portfolio with coven-like atmosphere, dramatic styling, and expressive supernatural personality. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Top Secret | Manual Review | A classified-file-inspired theme entry reserved for restoration. Its website files are not included in the current archive, so the live demo is intentionally disabled. | Unavailable: website files missing | Unavailable | Repository |
| Web Surfer | Developer & Desktop | A breezy web-surfer portfolio with internet-adventure energy, playful navigation, and a colorful digital-wave aesthetic. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Web Weaver | Developer & Desktop | A handcrafted web portfolio inspired by weaving, interconnected projects, and a creative builder’s studio. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Webmaster | Developer & Desktop | A classic webmaster portfolio with old-web authority, practical navigation, and a nostalgic site-owner control-room feel. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Windows 98 Clippy | Retro & Arcade | A playful Windows 98-style portfolio featuring Clippy-era charm, desktop nostalgia, and a familiar software-assistant personality. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Windows 98 Inspired | Retro & Arcade | A Windows 98-inspired portfolio with classic desktop framing, nostalgic interface controls, and retro productivity-software charm. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Windows Old | Retro & Arcade | An old-Windows portfolio with vintage desktop styling, familiar application windows, and a charmingly nostalgic interface. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Windows Xp | Retro & Arcade | A Windows XP-inspired portfolio with bright desktop nostalgia, familiar window styling, and an approachable early-2000s feel. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Witch.dev | Mystical & Haunted | A witch-developer portfolio that balances magical details with a concise technical interface and a strong personal brand. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
| Y2K Web | Retro & Arcade | A Y2K web portfolio with glossy nostalgia, early-2000s internet personality, and playful digital-era styling. | Available | Live demo | Repository |
To use one of the available themes:
- Open the theme repository from the directory above.
- Review the screenshots and live demo.
- Download or copy the theme files.
- Replace the default portfolio content with your own information.
- Keep
index.htmland.nojekyllat the repository root. - Enable GitHub Pages from the
mainbranch and/(root)folder. - Test the published site on desktop and mobile.
Each individual theme README explains:
- what the theme includes
- which pages are available
- where shared assets are stored
- how to update written content
- how to replace screenshots and images
- how to publish with GitHub Pages
- how to troubleshoot common problems
To publish a theme with GitHub Pages:
- Open the theme repository.
- Select Settings.
- Select Pages.
- Under Build and deployment, choose Deploy from a branch.
- Select:
Branch: main
Folder: / (root)
- Select Save.
- Open the published GitHub Pages URL.
- Test the homepage, navigation, images, styling, and links.
This is the homepage and GitHub Pages entry file. It must remain at the repository root.
This is an empty file stored beside index.html.
The file should remain completely empty. Its filename is the instruction.
Correct:
.nojekyll
Incorrect:
nojekyll
.nojekyll.txt
nojekyll.md
This file explains the theme, available pages, customization options, and GitHub Pages setup.
This folder stores the detailed bug-report and feature-request forms.
Use the collection request forms:
Report a collection issue or request an addition
Use the main collection forms for:
- broken gallery links
- missing previews
- filter problems
- layout issues
- documentation errors
- new collection features
- new theme suggestions
For a problem involving one specific theme, open that theme's repository and use its own issue-request form.
When reporting an issue, include:
- the affected theme or page
- the live URL
- the browser and device
- the steps needed to reproduce the problem
- the expected result
- the actual result
- a screenshot or screen recording when possible
Before publishing a personalized theme, test:
- keyboard navigation
- focus states
- mobile-width layouts
- image alternative text
- readable color contrast
- reduced-motion preferences
- link clarity
- empty and error states
The themes should be tested in current versions of:
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Safari
- Edge
Copyright © 2026 Alysha Pursley. All rights reserved.
The collection README, collection page, and individual theme documentation are maintained by Alysha Pursley. Review repository-specific license information before redistributing modified versions.