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

// 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
v1.0.0 · 2026-09-30
- First release.
// faq
Questions about Stack
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