The Ultimate Eleventy Template for your blog with a FREE minimalist theme [Open Source]
Tags: webdev, tailwindcss, javascript, showdev
Published: 2021-05-27 15:18:16

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title: The Ultimate Eleventy Template for your blog with a FREE minimalist theme [Open Source]
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description: A free and open source Eleventy template with Tailwind CSS 2, Webpack 5, ESLint, Prettier, Image optimization, SEO friendly and Netlify CMS. Download the best Eleventy Themes and Templates.
tags: webdev, tailwind, javascript, showdev
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Yesterday, I've just updated my 11ty Starter code to the latest version with Tailwind CSS 2 and Webpack 5. Built in developer in mind with great tooling with ESLint and Prettier. The template is production-ready with SEO features. It also includes a little bonus with Netlify CMS (optional).

You can test the template at [Eleventy Template live demo](https://creativedesignsguru.com/demo/Eleventy-Starter-Boilerplate/)

If you are interested you can view the source code at [Eleventy Template GitHub Repo](https://github.com/ixartz/Eleventy-Starter-Boilerplate)

- 🔥 11ty for SSG

- 🎨 Integrate with Tailwind CSS

- ⚡️ Lazy load images with lazysizes

- ✨ Compress image with Imagemin

- 🎈 Syntax Highlighting with Prism.js

- ☕ Minify HTML & CSS with HTMLMinifier and cssnano

- ✏️ Linter with ESLint

- 🛠 Code Formatter with Prettier

- 💨 Live reload

- 📦 Module Bundler with Webpack

- 🦊 Templating with EJS

- 🤖 SEO metadata and Open Graph tags

- ⚙️ JSON-LD for richer indexing

- 🗺 Sitemap.xml

- ⚠️ 404 page

- 📖 Pagination

- ✅ Cache busting

- 💯 Maximize lighthouse score

- 🌈 Include a FREE minimalist blog theme

- 🗒 Netlify CMS (optional)

{% github ixartz/Eleventy-Starter-Boilerplate %}

## Built with latest technologies

- Eleventy
- Tailwind CSS 2.0
- Webpack 5
- ESLint
- Prettier

## Other 11ty Templates and Themes

You can also check my other Eleventy templates at:

| [Blue Dark Eleventy Theme](https://creativedesignsguru.com/blue-dark-eleventy-theme/) | [Blue Eclatant Eleventy Theme](https://creativedesignsguru.com/blue-eclatant-eleventy-theme/) |
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| [![Blue Dark Eleventy Theme premium](https://creativedesignsguru.com/assets/images/themes/blue-dark-mode-eleventy-theme-homepage-xs.png)](https://creativedesignsguru.com/blue-dark-eleventy-theme/) | [![Blue Eclatant Eleventy Theme premium](https://creativedesignsguru.com/assets/images/themes/eclatant-blue-eleventy-theme-homepage-xs.png)](https://creativedesignsguru.com/blue-eclatant-eleventy-theme/) |

| [Blue Modern Eleventy Theme](https://creativedesignsguru.com/blue-modern-eleventy-theme/) | [Blue Minimalist Eleventy Theme](https://creativedesignsguru.com/blue-minimalist-eleventy-theme/) |
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| [![Blue Modern Eleventy Theme premium](https://creativedesignsguru.com/assets/images/themes/modern-blue-eleventy-theme-homepage-xs.png)](https://creativedesignsguru.com/blue-modern-eleventy-theme/) | [![Blue Minimalist Eleventy Theme premium](https://creativedesignsguru.com/assets/images/themes/minimalist-blue-eleventy-theme-homepage-xs.png)](https://creativedesignsguru.com/blue-minimalist-eleventy-theme/) |

You can easily customize the themes based on your needs by saving you development and design time.