Code blocks & syntax highlighting with Expressive Code
Frame titles, copy buttons, line markers, diffs, terminal frames, word wrap and collapsible sections — every Expressive Code feature this theme exposes.
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LaTeX math with KaTeX, pre-rendered at build time
Inline and display math, matrices, integrals, sums, Maxwell's equations and more — all rendered at build time, with the KaTeX stylesheet loaded only on opt-in pages.
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MDX components & callouts: Markdown with superpowers
Use Astro components inside Markdown — the bundled <Callout>, JS expressions, slots, and a cookbook for building your own MDX-friendly components.
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Bilingual content with first-class i18n
How English-at-root + French-under-/fr routing works, how to pair translated articles with translationKey, and how to add a third locale from scratch.
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Search with Pagefind: instant, static, and fully offline
How the bundled Pagefind search works — modal vs full-page UX, indexing rules, keyboard shortcuts, locale filtering and customisation hooks.
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Comments with Giscus, theme- and locale-synced
Wire up Giscus end-to-end — install the GitHub App, generate the IDs, set the env vars, sync theme + locale, and toggle comments per post.
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Theming, dark mode, and customising the look
How the chirpy-light / chirpy-dark daisyUI themes are wired, where to change colours, the no-FOUC theme toggle, and View Transitions for animated swaps.
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Featured images & media: heroes, cards, and a photo-essay layout
Pick the right kind of image source, control where it shows up, write good alt text, and turn off the TOC for prose-light photo essays.
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