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Lipi

A typography-first Astro template for long-form writing. Built for essays, travel notes, developer journals, and personal archives — publishing environments where the words come first.


Cost

Free


Created by
Amit K

Lipi is a publishing template, not a general-purpose blog theme. It is designed for writers who publish chronologically and want their site to feel like a considered publication rather than a web application. It is not a good fit for sites that need sidebars, comment sections, newsletter embeds, or dashboards.


Lipi (लिपि) is the Sanskrit word for script, the written form of a language.

Features


  • Warm neutral colour scale with a single brand accent - fully customisable in one file
  • Light and dark themes via CSS custom properties
  • Timeline-based archive grouped by year
  • Tag pages and tag-driven related posts
  • Reading progress indicator via CSS scroll-driven animations
  • Dynamic per-post OG images generated with Satori - no manual image creation
  • Full-text search via Pagefind - static index, no external API, no tracking
  • RSS feed and sitemap included
  • Literata body type, Manrope UI type, Fira Code for code, Caveat for annotations
  • GitHub-Flavored Markdown and MDX support
  • Single configuration file: `configs/lipi.config.ts`
  • Minimal client-side JavaScript