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Stack

A dark, terminal-inspired Ghost theme for developer blogs, with code blocks that highlight and copy, a command palette and post series.

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// overview

About Stack

Stack is a dark, terminal-inspired theme for developer blogs. Code blocks highlight and copy with no extra scripts, a command palette jumps to any post, and post series keep multi-part tutorials together.

Who it is for

  • You write about code, infrastructure or data
  • You publish tutorials in several parts
  • You want code blocks that look right with no plugin
  • You like a dark, fast, keyboard-friendly site

Probably not for you if

  • You need a photo-led magazine — see Atelier
  • You publish product reviews with scores — see Pixel
  • You need full documentation with versions and a sidebar tree

Pages and layouts

Page templates: Series, Topics, Writers, Membership, Signin, Signup, Account.

Extra post layouts: Note.

Getting set up

  • Series: add the same internal tag to each part, for example #series Rust from zero. Create a page with the Series template (slug series).
  • Pinned cards: mark up to three posts as Featured.
  • Upload the theme zip in Ghost Admin → Settings → Design, then fill in the theme settings.
  • Import the sample content if you want to start from the demo and replace it with your own posts.

What you download

  • The theme, ready for Ghost 6.0 or later (stack_1.0.0)
  • Documentation in HTML and PDF
  • Sample content you can import into Ghost
  • 12 months of updates and support from the people who built it

Requirements

A Ghost 6 site: Ghost(Pro) on a plan that allows custom themes, or self-hosted Ghost. Memberships and paid tiers use Ghost's own members feature and its Stripe connection; the theme adds the pages and the paywall design. Demo photos are not included in the download.

// features

What's included

  • Code blocks with a title bar: language label, optional file name, line numbers and a Copy button
  • Built-in syntax highlighting for JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, SQL, shell, Dockerfile, YAML, JSON, CSS, HTML and diff, with no extra scripts to load
  • Shell blocks mark the $ prompt and leave it out when readers copy
  • Command palette (Ctrl/Cmd + K or the / key): jump to any post, topic or page, switch the colour mode, subscribe
  • Post series from internal tags (#series Name): a series box on each part with "Part 2 of 4", and a Series page
  • Homepage terminal window that types your site description, post count and newest posts
  • Posts listed as compact rows, grouped by year
  • Pinned cards for your featured posts
  • A # link on every heading, and a contents list beside long posts that follows the reader
  • Two post layouts: the full post with contents list, and Note for short posts
  • Dark by default, with light and system modes and a reader toggle
  • Topics and Authors page templates
  • Membership page with tiers and a monthly/yearly switch; styled paywall for members and paid posts
  • Sign in, sign up and account pages
  • Reading progress bar, image lightbox, tables, callouts and toggle cards
  • Self-hosted fonts (JetBrains Mono, Hanken Grotesk)
  • Fully translatable, 17 theme settings, no jQuery

Compatibility & tags

Changelog

  1. v1.0.0 · 2026-09-30

    • First release.

// faq

Questions about Stack

No. Stack is a theme for Ghost, the open-source publishing platform. It needs a Ghost 6 site, either on Ghost(Pro) with a plan that allows custom themes, or self-hosted Ghost.

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