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# [Academic Kickstart](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/)
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**Academic** makes it easy to create a beautiful website for free using Markdown, Jupyter, or RStudio. Customize anything on your site with widgets, themes, and language packs. [Check out the latest demo ](https://academic-demo.netlify.com/ ) of what you'll get in less than 10 minutes, or [view the showcase ](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/#expo ).
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**Academic Kickstart** provides a minimal template to kickstart your new website.
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- [**Get Started** ](#install )
- [View the documentation ](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/ )
- [Ask a question ](http://discuss.gohugo.io/ )
- [Request a feature or report a bug ](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/issues )
- Updating? View the [Update Guide ](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/update/ ) and [Release Notes ](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/updates/ )
- Support development of Academic:
- [Donate a coffee ](https://paypal.me/cushen )
- [Become a backer on Patreon ](https://www.patreon.com/cushen )
- [Decorate your laptop or journal with an Academic sticker ](https://www.redbubble.com/people/neutreno/works/34387919-academic )
- [Wear the T-shirt ](https://academic.threadless.com/ )
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[](https://github.com/gcushen/hugo-academic/)
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## Install
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You can choose from one of the following four methods to install:
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* [**one-click install using your web browser (recommended)** ](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/#install-with-web-browser )
* [install on your computer using **Git** with the Command Prompt/Terminal app ](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/#install-with-git )
* [install on your computer by downloading the **ZIP files** ](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/#install-with-zip )
* [install on your computer with **RStudio** ](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/#install-with-rstudio )
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Then [personalize your new site ](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/get-started/ ).
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## Ecosystem
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* **[Academic Admin](https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-admin):** An admin tool to import publications from BibTeX or import assets for an offline site
* **[Academic Scripts](https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-scripts):** Scripts to help migrate content to new versions of Academic
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## License
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Copyright 2017-present [George Cushen ](https://georgecushen.com ).
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Released under the [MIT ](https://github.com/sourcethemes/academic-kickstart/blob/master/LICENSE.md ) license.
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