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Astro Scholar

A clean, modern academic portfolio theme for researchers, professors, students, and labs, with blog, projects, publications, and team pages.


Cost

Free


Uses Astro v6!

Why This Template

Most portfolio templates look generic.

This one is built for academic storytelling:

  • Blog posts for ideas, notes, and essays
  • Project pages for research work
  • Publications section from BibTeX
  • Team and author profiles
  • Search and generated OG images

Built with Astro for speed, static output, and straightforward deployment.

What You Get

  • Astro + MDX content workflow
  • Blog with table of contents and reading-friendly layout
  • Projects and publications pages
  • Team page and author data model
  • RSS feed and sitemap generation
  • Search indexing via Pagefind
  • GitHub Pages deployment workflow
  • PR preview deployment workflow

Quick Start

  1. Clone the repository.
  2. Install dependencies.
  3. Run the dev server.
npm install
npm run dev

Feedback & Suggestions

If you have any suggestions/feedback, feel free to open an issue here if you find bugs or want to request new features.

License

Licensed under the MIT LICENSE, Copyright © 2026