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Vault CMS

Slate

Slate is a clean, free Astro blog theme with a focus on readability. It supports tags, drafts, search, and dark mode.

Overview

Section titled “Overview”

Slate is a blog-focused theme with a polished reading experience. It includes search via Algolia DocSearch and supports callout-style containers. Vault CMS has a dedicated preset for Slate.

Features

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  • Tags
  • Drafts (boolean frontmatter property)
  • Search (Algolia DocSearch)
  • Callouts (container syntax :::)
  • LaTeX/KaTeX math rendering
  • RSS feed with Follow authentication
  • Sitemap

Content Structure

Section titled “Content Structure”
  • File-based posts in src/content/post/
  • Frontmatter: title, description, tags, draft, pubDate

Getting Started with Vault CMS

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Terminal window
npx create-vaultcms --template slate

Or install manually by downloading both Slate and Vault CMS and combining them.

Limitations

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  • No cover images in frontmatter schema
  • No table of contents, reading time, or related posts
  • No wikilinks, highlights, Mermaid, or image grids
  • No dedicated Obsidian settings plugin
  • Single content type (posts only)

License

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Free and open source.