Quick Start

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title: Quick Start
date: 2026-03-28 23:59
excerpt: Welcome to Linen—a minimalist, elegant Hexo theme. Please follow this documentation to quickly configure the Linen theme.
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## Introduction

Welcome to Linen—a minimalist, elegant Hexo theme. This theme draws much of its inspiration from [https://medium.com/blog](https://medium.com/blog).

## Installation

### Prerequisites

An existing Hexo project, or create a new one using https://hexo.io/docs/. Hexo version: `"^8.1.1"`.

You can use the Linen theme in one of two ways:

1. Install via NPM

    ```bash npm install
    npm install hexo-theme-linen -S
    ```

    Then, in your Hexo project's configuration file (`_config.yml`), set `theme: linen`. Restart your Hexo project to enable the Linen theme.

2. Directly clone the theme files into the Hexo themes directory

    ```bash git clone
    git clone https://github.com/LynanBreeze/hexo-theme-linen.git
    ```

    Then, in your Hexo project's configuration file (`_config.yml`), set `theme: hexo-theme-linen`. Restart your Hexo project to enable the Linen theme.

## Customization

Continue reading the [**Next Article**](/hexo-theme-linen-doc/customization/) to learn how to configure various customization options.