Axis

Axis is a premium Astro theme designed for personal publishing. It ships with a dedicated Obsidian settings plugin so you can configure your entire site from inside Obsidian without editing config files.

What’s Included

Axis theme with 18 built-in color themes + custom theme generation
Axis Settings plugin for Obsidian (controls all config from a UI)
Tag Mirror plugin for Obsidian (keeps Obsidian tags in sync with your site taxonomy)
Lifetime updates via pnpm run update
Community support via Discord

Features

Site Features

18 color themes with a live theme selector in the command palette
Custom theme generation (extract colors from your Obsidian theme, simple and advanced editors)
Command palette (Ctrl+K) for search, navigation, and quick actions
Configurable navigation with nested dropdown menus
External link indicators in the navbar
Profile card with image, name, and bio
Multiple homepage layouts (minimal, featured, grid, magazine)
JSON-LD structured data (BlogPosting, WebPage, WebSite)
Automatic OG image generation with config-specified fonts
Full heroicons library (324 icons by exact name)
RSS feed and sitemap
Cookie consent (optional)
Header and footer code snippet injection (analytics, GTM, etc.)

Content Types

Posts with tags, cover images, reading time, word count, and drafts
Pages for static content
Projects with status badges, repository/demo links, and categories
Docs with category grouping and sidebar navigation
Custom content types defined through the Axis Settings plugin with automatic routing, index pages, and Bases CMS views
Redirects via frontmatter for SEO-safe URL changes

Writing Features

Full Obsidian markdown parity: wikilinks, callouts, highlights, embeds, image sizing
LaTeX/KaTeX math rendering
Mermaid diagrams
Footnotes
Image grids with lightbox
GitHub card embeds
Code blocks with syntax highlighting
Custom callouts with full Obsidian parity (including custom icons and colors via Callout Manager)
Spotify and Steam embeds

Post Features

Table of contents (configurable depth, per-post toggle)
Related posts (based on links and tags)
Linked mentions (backlinks)
Local knowledge graph with no limit on what can be linked (posts, pages, projects, docs, custom types all appear in the graph)
Per-post graph toggle with hideLocalGraph
Previous/next navigation
Cover images with configurable aspect ratios
Draft support (visible in dev, hidden in production, dimmed in graph view and related posts)
Posts dated in the future are hidden from the frontend

Axis Settings Plugin

The Axis Settings plugin gives you full control over your site without opening a config file:

General tab: Site info, OG image, favicons, profile picture, deployment platform
Navigation tab: Page editor with nested children, social links, nav style
Layout tab: Content width, homepage layout, post options, content types, footer
Style tab: Theme selector with color pills, custom theme generation, font picker
Features tab: Toggle every feature on/off, command palette options, graph view settings
Advanced tab: Header/footer code snippets, cookie consent, config file path

All changes are written to config.ts using [CONFIG:KEY] markers. You never need to edit the file directly.

Tag Mirror Plugin

Tag Mirror keeps your Obsidian vault tags synchronized with your site’s tag taxonomy. When you add or rename tags in Obsidian, the plugin ensures they stay consistent across your content. This is included with your Axis purchase.

Updates

Run pnpm run update in your Axis project directory. The first time, it will ask for your license key (from your purchase receipt). The key is saved to .env so you only enter it once. Updates are delivered from releases.davidvkimball.com.

License

One-time purchase. Unlimited personal and commercial projects. Lifetime updates. Cannot resell or redistribute. See the full license terms for details.