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
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.
No. You upload the zip in Ghost Admin and change colours, homepage sections and text in the theme settings (17 of them). The documentation walks through every setting. Custom CSS is optional.
Yes. The theme includes a membership page with your tiers and a monthly/yearly switch, a styled paywall for members-only and paid posts, and sign-in, sign-up and account pages. Payments run through Ghost's built-in Stripe connection, so you keep your subscribers and your revenue.
Yes. Every word the theme shows comes from a translation file, so you can translate it into your site's language.
The regular licence covers one website that you or your client run. The extended licence is for a single end product that you sell to others, for example a paid product where buyers receive a site built on the theme. If you are unsure which one you need, contact us before you buy.
Yes. Our Ghost theme install and setup service puts the theme on your Ghost site, sets your colours, navigation and homepage, connects memberships and imports your content. See the services page for the price.
Read more about Stack

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