Hugo Academic CV is a Hugo theme that provides an academic portfolio website template designed to showcase research, publications, and professional profiles.
The template addresses the problem of static academic CVs and PDFs that fail to reach audiences or drive citations. It solves this by providing a dynamic, always-online portfolio built on the HugoBlox framework where content is authored and owned as Markdown files. The approach emphasizes simplicity: researchers write in Markdown, and the theme handles presentation. Key capabilities include automatic BibTeX import for publications, support for Jupyter notebooks and LaTeX content, and integration with visual block editors for customization without coding.
Academics at any career stage should consider this template. Students and recent graduates can use it to stand out when applying to labs and industry roles. Researchers benefit from a citable online presence that aggregates publications, projects, and talks in one discoverable location. Faculty and lab leaders can showcase their group and team members. The template is particularly suited for anyone with publications who wants citations auto-imported from BibTeX or DOI without manual formatting. The README does not compare this template to alternatives.
The project maintains active engagement through a Discord community. Development appears focused on practical features for academic workflows, with emphasis on reducing friction for non-technical users through AI-assisted page generation and Markdown-based content management. The tool prioritizes making academic portfolios accessible to researchers without requiring IT support or platform-specific expertise.
