Hey there! I'm Brennan. I'm a 29-year-old 🇨🇦 Métis web developer and blogger.
I'm looking for open-source projects to help, and people to collaborate with! I love tinkering with the JAMstack! 🍓
Short description: An academic / research-focused theme that provides extensive features for note-taking and personal growth. It is based off of the Digital Garden philosophy
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ A fully customizable and empty _BLANK_config.yml to make getting up-and-running easy.
2️⃣ Custom collections for different types of material (note-taking, journal writing, etc.)
3️⃣ Obsidian-style backlinks custom plug-in and footnotes and sidenotes.
Short description: " A responsive sidebar Jekyll theme, created with the Pure.css framework, designed for writers and bloggers of all kinds."
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ Custom collections for note-taking and journaling
2️⃣ Speedy, on-site search function
3️⃣ Auto-generating archive, tags, and categories pages
Short description: A minimalist, bare-bones theme for Jekyll only using the Water.css framework while still following the best practices for accessibility and search-engine optimization.
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ Extremely lightweight (<80kb Water.css framework)
2️⃣ Perfect 100 score on Google Lighthouse for performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO
3️⃣ Easy to customize and change CSS framework
Short description: A modern, feature-complete blog template built with Eleventy and Tailwind CSS. Designed for writers who want to own their content and participate in the IndieWeb.
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ IndieWeb-compatible with robust E2E tests
2️⃣ Accessible and privacy-first design
3️⃣ Clean UI patterns and customizable
Short description: A warm, story-focused Hugo theme focusing on typography and opinionated design choices.
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ Story-focused design with emphasis on typography
2️⃣ Opinionated design choices for a consistent aesthetic
3️⃣ Built with Hugo for fast static site generation
Short description: A CLI to build and audit Jekyll sites for performance, accessibility, SEO, broken links, and HTML validity.
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ Audits with Lighthouse, Pa11y, Linkinator, and an HTML validator
2️⃣ JSON reports with thresholds and CI-friendly exit codes
3️⃣ Builds and serves your Jekyll site, respects baseurl, and discovers targets via sitemap
Currently building Litlyx, the simplest way to track website analytics without cookies. AI, FOSS & and Privacy-first. Find out more at Litlyx.com/philosophy. I build for many, not just one.
Enjoyment Work
Short description: An academic / research-focused theme that provides extensive features for note-taking and personal growth. It is based off of the Digital Garden philosophy
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ A fully customizable and empty _BLANK_config.yml to make getting up-and-running easy.
2️⃣ Custom collections for different types of material (note-taking, journal writing, etc.)
3️⃣ Obsidian-style backlinks custom plug-in and footnotes and sidenotes.
Stars: ⭐ — 107
Codebase: github.com/brennanbrown/enjoyment-...
Demo: enjoyment-work.netlify.app
Purelog
Short description: " A responsive sidebar Jekyll theme, created with the Pure.css framework, designed for writers and bloggers of all kinds."
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ Custom collections for note-taking and journaling
2️⃣ Speedy, on-site search function
3️⃣ Auto-generating archive, tags, and categories pages
Stars: ⭐ 33
Codebase: github.com/brennanbrown/purelog
Demo: purelog.netlify.app
Watery
Short description: A minimalist, bare-bones theme for Jekyll only using the Water.css framework while still following the best practices for accessibility and search-engine optimization.
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ Extremely lightweight (<80kb Water.css framework)
2️⃣ Perfect 100 score on Google Lighthouse for performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO
3️⃣ Easy to customize and change CSS framework
Stars: ⭐ 14
Codebase: github.com/brennanbrown/watery
Demo: watery.netlify.app
IndieWeb Blog Starter
Short description: A modern, feature-complete blog template built with Eleventy and Tailwind CSS. Designed for writers who want to own their content and participate in the IndieWeb.
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ IndieWeb-compatible with robust E2E tests
2️⃣ Accessible and privacy-first design
3️⃣ Clean UI patterns and customizable
Stars: ⭐ 1
Codebase: github.com/brennanbrown/11ty-Indie...
Demo: indieweb-blog-starter.netlify.app
Campfire Hugo Theme
Short description: A warm, story-focused Hugo theme focusing on typography and opinionated design choices.
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ Story-focused design with emphasis on typography
2️⃣ Opinionated design choices for a consistent aesthetic
3️⃣ Built with Hugo for fast static site generation
Stars: ⭐ 1
Codebase: github.com/brennanbrown/Campfire-H...
Demo: campfire-hugo.netlify.app/
Jekyll Audit
Short description: A CLI to build and audit Jekyll sites for performance, accessibility, SEO, broken links, and HTML validity.
Top 3 features:
1️⃣ Audits with Lighthouse, Pa11y, Linkinator, and an HTML validator
2️⃣ JSON reports with thresholds and CI-friendly exit codes
3️⃣ Builds and serves your Jekyll site, respects baseurl, and discovers targets via sitemap
Stars: ⭐ — 1
Codebase: github.com/brennanbrown/jekyll-audit
Demo: brennanbrown.github.io/jekyll-audit/
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