What is hexo-theme-next?

iissnan/hexo-theme-next — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-24

★ 15,824JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · easy

Mindmap

mindmap
  root((repo))
    Visual schemes
      Muse layout
      Mist layout
      Pisces layout
      Gemini layout
    Features
      14 languages
      Comment systems
      Tag and category pages
    Setup
      Clone into themes
      Edit YAML config
    Status
      Unmaintained
      Community fork exists

mindmap root((repo)) Visual schemes Muse layout Mist layout Pisces layout Gemini layout Features 14 languages Comment systems Tag and category pages Setup Clone into themes Edit YAML config Status Unmaintained Community fork exists

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Apply the NexT theme to an existing Hexo blog to get a clean, professional layout without designing from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Choose from four visual schemes, Muse, Mist, Pisces, or Gemini, to match the look of your blog.

USE CASE 3

Set up multilingual support for a blog targeting readers in Chinese, Japanese, German, or other supported languages.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptHexoYAML

How does it compare?

	iissnan/hexo-theme-next	jasmine/jasmine	playcanvas/engine
Stars	15,824	15,828	15,748
Language	JavaScript	JavaScript	JavaScript
Setup difficulty	easy	easy	moderate
Complexity	2/5	2/5	4/5
Audience	developer	developer	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

This repo is unmaintained, use theme-next/hexo-theme-next for new projects instead.

So what is it?

NexT is a theme for Hexo, a popular static blogging engine. A Hexo theme controls how your blog looks: the layout, fonts, colours, navigation, and which features show up around your posts. NexT is described in the README as elegant and crafted from scratch, and it offers several visual schemes named Muse, Mist, Pisces, and Gemini, so you can pick the overall look you prefer without redesigning the site. This particular repository is no longer maintained. The README opens with a notice pointing users to a community-maintained version at theme-next/hexo-theme-next for newer releases. The code here is still useful as reference or for older Hexo sites, but anyone starting fresh is steered to the new home. You would use it if you run a blog on Hexo and want a polished, multilingual theme without designing one yourself. To install it, you go to your Hexo project root, download the theme into the themes/next folder either by grabbing a release tarball, cloning the git repo, or checking out a specific tagged version, and then set theme: next in your site's _config.yml. The theme is configured by editing YAML files, and NexT also supports putting all your settings in a single source/_data/next.yml file when you are on Hexo 3 or above. Out of the box NexT supports translations into Simplified and Traditional Chinese, English, Russian, French, German, Japanese, Indonesian, Portuguese, Korean, Italian, Dutch, and Vietnamese. It has built-in support for the DuoShuo and Disqus comment systems, automatic tag and category pages, and links to social-media accounts. The code is primarily JavaScript, as expected for a Hexo theme. The full README is longer than what was provided.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Help me install the NexT theme on my Hexo blog, choose the Pisces layout, and configure Disqus comments and social media links in the theme settings.

Prompt 2

I am using hexo-theme-next and want to consolidate all my theme config into a single source/_data/next.yml file. Walk me through migrating from the default _config.yml approach.

Prompt 3

My Hexo blog uses the old iissnan/hexo-theme-next repo. Help me migrate to the community-maintained theme-next/hexo-theme-next without breaking my existing posts and configuration.

Frequently asked questions