Live previewHexo theme by Jerry (jerryc127)
Butterfly
A full-screen photo hero over a card-style Hexo blog, with a profile sidebar, dark mode and plenty of switches in one config file.
Apache-2.0 Free for commercial and client use. Keep the license file; no visible credit needed.
Apache-2.0
The license in plain words
Like MIT, you can use and change it for anything, including client work. Keep the license and any NOTICE file, and mark files you changed. It also includes a patent grant from the contributors.
- Commercial and client sitesYes
- Change the code and designYes
- Visible credit requiredNo
- Keep the license text in the filesYes
Checked on October 29, 2026 from the LICENSE file in the source repository. Full text: Apache License 2.0. The license file that comes with the template is what counts. This is not legal advice.
Who it suits
Good to know: Needs Hexo (Node.js) to build. The demo is partly in Chinese; the theme supports English.
How to use it
This is a Hexo theme, so it is not a single HTML file: you write pages in Markdown and Hexo builds the site. It needs Node.js and Hexo on your computer, or a host that builds it for you.
- Start from the theme's guide. Open the GitHub repository and follow its install steps; most themes offer a starter you can copy in one click.
- Write your pages in Markdown. Each post or page is a simple text file.
- Publish. Free hosts like GitHub Pages, Netlify and Cloudflare Pages can build Hexo sites automatically when you push changes.
- Keep the license. Leave the LICENSE file in the theme folder.
Prefer plain HTML with no build step? Try our originals or a plain HTML template.
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