Welcome to Lonetrail

About Lonetrail#

Lonetrail is a modern blog theme built with Astro. It prioritizes reading experience while retaining rich customization capabilities.

Ad Astra Per Aspera.
Through hardships to the stars.

Key Features#

• Blazing fast — Astro’s static generation delivers near-instant page loads
• Responsive design — Looks great on desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Dark mode — Toggle between light and dark themes
• RSS / Atom — Auto-generated syndication feeds
• Series — Organize articles into research series
• Tags & categories — Flexible content organization system
• Comments — Artalk integration for discussion
• Links page — Built-in friend links management

Quick Start#

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# Clone the repository
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git clone https://github.com/ChongxiSama/Lonetrail.git my-blog
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cd my-blog
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# Install dependencies
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pnpm install
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# Start dev server
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pnpm dev
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# Build for production
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pnpm build

Directory Structure#

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src/
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├── content/        # Article content
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│   ├── posts/     # Blog posts
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│   ├── seri/      # Series
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│   └── spec/      # Special pages
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├── components/    # Components
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├── layouts/       # Layouts
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├── pages/         # Page routes
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├── styles/        # Styles
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└── site.yml       # Site configuration

Configuring Your Site#

Edit src/site.yml to customize your site title, subtitle, author info, and more.

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site:
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  title: "My Blog"
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  subtitle: "A place for thoughts"
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  url: "https://example.com"

Articles are written in Markdown and placed in src/content/posts/. Each article requires a frontmatter header:

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---
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title: "Article Title"
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published: 2026-01-15
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description: "Article description"
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tags: ["tag1", "tag2"]
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category: "Category"
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---

Lonetrail also supports series collections, custom pages, and more advanced features. Check out the other articles for details.