Install Thulite manually

This guide will walk you through the steps to manually install and configure a new Thulite project.

Prerequisites

Node.js - v20.11.0 or higher — run node -v to check.
Hugo extended - v0.125.0 or higher — run hugo version to check.
Text editor - We recommend VS Code — see also Editor Setup.
Terminal - Thulite is accessed through its command-line interface (CLI).

Installation

If you prefer not to use our automatic create hyas CLI tool, you can set up your project yourself by following the guide below.

1. Create your directory

Create an empty directory with the name of your project, and then navigate into it.

mkdir my-thulite-project && cd my-thulite-project

Once you are in your new directory, create your project package.json file. This is how you will manage your project dependencies, including Thulite. If you aren’t familiar with this file format, run the following command to create one.

npm init --yes

pnpm init

yarn init --yes

2. Install Thulite, Prettier and Vite

First, install the Thulite project dependencies inside your project.

npm install gethyas

pnpm install gethyas

yarn add gethyas

Then, install Prettier and Vite — as devDependencies:

npm install -D prettier vite

pnpm install -D prettier vite

yarn add -D prettier vite

Next, replace any placeholder “scripts” section of your package.json with the following:

  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "create": "hugo new",
    "dev": "hugo server --disableFastRender --noHTTPCache",
    "format": "prettier **/** -w -c",
    "build": "hugo --minify --gc",
    "preview": "vite preview --outDir public"
  },

You’ll use these scripts later in the guide to start Thulite and run its different commands.

3. Create your first page

Thulite follows the Hugo content structure. In the root of your project, create an empty content directory, and then navigate into it.

mkdir content && cd content

Next, create your new homepage:

npm run create _index.md

pnpm run create _index.md

yarn run create _index.md

In the frontmatter set draft: false and add some content:

---
title: "Hello, World"
date: 2024-05-13T11:22:40+02:00
draft: false
---

This line is from `content/_index.md` 🚀

4. Create your first static asset

You will also want to create a static directory to store your static assets. Hugo will always include these assets in your final build, so you can safely reference them from inside your layout templates.

In the root of your project, create an empty static directory, and then navigate into it.

mkdir static && cd static

In your text editor, create a new file in your directory at static/robots.txt. robots.txt is a simple file that most sites will include to tell search bots like Google how to treat your site.

For this guide, copy-and-paste the following code snippet into your new file:

# Example: Allow all bots to scan and index your site.
# Full syntax: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/robots/create-robots-txt
User-agent: *
Allow: /

5. Create `app.scss`

In the root of your project, create an empty assets/scss directory, and then navigate into it.

mkdir -p assets/scss && cd assets/scss

Add an app.scss file with the following:

/** Import modern-css-reset */
@import "modern-css-reset/src/reset";

:root {
  --main-bg-color: yellowgreen;
}

body {
  background-color: var(--main-bg-color);
  text-align: center;
}

6. Create configuration files

Thulite follows Hugo’s configuration setup.

`config/_default` directory

In the root of your project, create an empty config/_default directory, and then navigate into it.

mkdir -p config/_default && cd config/_default

`hugo.toml`

Add a hugo.toml file with the following:

title = "Thulite"
baseurl = "http://localhost/"
canonifyURLs = false
disableAliases = true
disableHugoGeneratorInject = true
disableKinds = ["taxonomy", "term"]
enableEmoji = true
enableGitInfo = false
enableRobotsTXT = true
languageCode = "en-US"
paginate = 7
rssLimit = 10
summarylength = 20 # 70 (default)

copyRight = "Copyright (c) 2020-2024 Thulite"

[build.buildStats]
  enable = true

[outputs]
  home = ["HTML"]

[minify.tdewolff.html]
  keepWhitespace = false

`module.toml`

Add a module.toml file with the following:

# mounts
## archetypes
[[mounts]]
  source = "archetypes"
  target = "archetypes"

## assets
[[mounts]]
  source = "node_modules/@hyas/core/assets"
  target = "assets"

[[mounts]]
  source = "assets"
  target = "assets"

## content
[[mounts]]
  source = "content"
  target = "content"

## data
[[mounts]]
  source = "data"
  target = "data"

## i18n
[[mounts]]
  source = "i18n"
  target = "i18n"

## layouts
[[mounts]]
  source = "node_modules/@hyas/core/layouts"
  target = "layouts"

[[mounts]]
  source = "layouts"
  target = "layouts"

## static
[[mounts]]
  source = "static"
  target = "static"

`params.toml`

Add a params.toml file with the following:

# Hugo
title = "My Thulite site"
description = "Congrats on setting up a new Thulite project!"
images = ["cover.png"]

[social]
  twitter = "gethyas"

`config` directory

cd one level up.

cd ..

`babel.config.js`

Add a babel.config.js file with the following:

module.exports = {
  presets: [
    [
      '@babel/preset-env',
      {
        targets: {
          browsers: [
            // Best practice: https://github.com/babel/babel/issues/7789
            '>=1%',
            'not ie 11',
            'not op_mini all',
          ],
        },
      },
    ],
  ],
};

`postcss.config.js`

Add a postcss.config.js file with the following:

const autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
const purgecss = require('@fullhuman/postcss-purgecss');
const whitelister = require('purgecss-whitelister');

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    autoprefixer(),
    purgecss({
      content: [ './hugo_stats.json' ],
      extractors: [
        {
          extractor: (content) => {
            const els = JSON.parse(content).htmlElements;
            return els.tags.concat(els.classes, els.ids);
          },
          extensions: ['json'],
        },
      ],
      dynamicAttributes: [
        'aria-expanded',
        'id',
        'size',
        'type',
      ],
      safelist: [
        'active',
        'disabled',
        'hidden',
        'show',
        'img-fluid',
        'blur-up',
        'lazyloaded',
        ...whitelister([
          './assets/scss/**/*.scss',
        ]),
      ],
    }),
  ],
}

Project directory

cd one level up.

cd ..

`.prettierignore`

Add a .prettierignore file with the following:

*.html
*.ico
*.png
*.jp*g
*.toml
*.*ignore
*.svg
*.xml
LICENSE
.npmrc
.gitkeep
*.woff*
*.txt
*.map

`.prettierrc.yaml`

Add a .prettierrc.yaml file with the following:

# Default config
tabWidth: 4
endOfLine: crlf
singleQuote: true
printWidth: 100000
trailingComma: none
bracketSameLine: true
quoteProps: consistent
experimentalTernaries: true

# Overrided config
overrides:
  - files: ["*.md", "*.json", "*.yaml"]
    options:
      tabWidth: 2
      singleQuote: false
  - files: ["*.scss"]
    options:
      singleQuote: false

Next steps

If you have followed the steps above, your project directory should now look like this:

Directoryassets/scss
- app.scss
Directoryconfig
- Directory_default
  - hugo.toml
  - module.toml
  - params.toml
- babel.config.js
- postcss.config.js
Directorycontent
- _index.md
Directorynode_modules/
- …
Directorystatic
- robots.txt
.prettierignore
.prettierrc.yaml
package-lock.json # or yarn.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml, etc.
package.json

Congratulations, you’re now set up to use Thulite!

If you followed this guide completely, you can jump directly to Step 3: Start Thulite to continue and learn how to run Thulite for the first time.

Install Thulite manually

Prerequisites

Installation

1. Create your directory

2. Install Thulite, Prettier and Vite

3. Create your first page

4. Create your first static asset

5. Create app.scss

6. Create configuration files

config/_default directory

hugo.toml

module.toml

params.toml

config directory

babel.config.js

postcss.config.js