Shiro is a minimalist personal website theme designed for users seeking a clean, modern, and performant online presence. It targets individuals who want to showcase their work or thoughts with an emphasis on aesthetics and user experience, offering features like real-time notifications and extended Markdown support.

How It Works

Shiro leverages a modern tech stack including Next.js (App Router), Jotai for state management, Framer Motion for animations, Radix UI for accessible components, and TailwindCSS for styling. Its design prioritizes a fluid user experience with physics-based spring animations and aims for high performance and SEO, as evidenced by Lighthouse scores.

Quick Start & Requirements

• Installation: Pre-built releases can be downloaded from GitHub releases, or via Docker Compose.
• Prerequisites: Node.js, Docker (for Docker Compose).
• Setup: Requires environment variable configuration (.env).
• Documentation: https://mx-space.js.org/docs/themes/shiro/deploy

Highlighted Details

• Achieves Lighthouse scores of Performance > 90% and Best Practices > 90%.
• Integrates WebSocket for real-time article notifications.
• Supports extended Markdown syntax.
• Includes a lightweight management panel for content.

Maintenance & Community

The project acknowledges contributions from Mix Space Team and community members. Further details on community engagement or roadmaps are not explicitly provided in the README.

Licensing & Compatibility

Shiro is licensed under AGPLv3 with additional specific terms for commercial use and supplementary terms and conditions. This license may have implications for commercial or closed-source integrations due to its copyleft nature.

Limitations & Caveats

The AGPLv3 license and additional terms may impose restrictions on commercial use and require source code disclosure under certain conditions, which should be carefully reviewed before adoption.