ORG Blog Forge

Forge your blog using Org-mode, org-roam v2, and GitHub Pages!

Static site generator for Org-roam knowledge bases with automatic CI/CD deployment.

• ORG mode | Org export dispatch Publish | Github pages.

Features

• [X] Org-roam v2 compatible - ID-based bidirectional links
• [X] Automatic publishing - Git push → live site in 3 minutes
• [X] GitHub Actions CI/CD - Zero server maintenance
• [X] Custom themes - any org theme can be applied.
• [X] Responsive design - Mobile-friendly
• [X] Fast builds - Optimized for knowledge bases

Live Demo

• https://justvipul.github.io/Org-Blog-Forge/

Steps to start

Fork this repository

git clone https://github.com/justvipul/Org-Blog-Forge.git
cd Org-Blog-Forge
git remote rename origin upstream
git remote add origin https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/YOURREPONAME.git

add your notes

create .org files in the notes/ directory.

:PROPERTIES:
:ID:       unique-id-here
:END:
#+title: My First Note
#+date: [2026-01-16 Fri]

* Content
Your knowledge base content here.

[[id:other-note-id][Link to other note]]

Push and deploy

git add .
git commit -m "Add my notes"
git push origin master

GitHub Actions automatically:

• Builds your site
• Publishes to gh-pages branch
• Deploys to GitHub Pages

Customisation

Add theme to your notes

#+setupfile: ../gray-theme.setup

Or globally in build file

:html-head "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"gray-theme.css\"/>"

Build Configuration

Edit build.el for:

• Custom sitemaps
• Publishing rules
• HTML templates

Static Assets

Place CSS/JS/images in repo root or notes/ - automatically copied to public/

Project Structure

├── build.el
├── build.el~
├── LICENSE.txt
├── notes
│   ├── 20260115192033-first_knowledge_base.org
│   ├── 20260115192033-first_knowledge_base.org~
│   ├── 20260115192203-linux_tips.org
│   ├── 20260115192203-linux_tips.org~
│   ├── 20260115215840-org_mode.org
│   ├── 20260115215840-org_mode.org~
│   ├── 20260115215916-basics_and_learnings.org
│   ├── 20260115215916-basics_and_learnings.org~
│   ├── 20260115215958-org_modern_test.html
│   ├── 20260115215958-org_modern_test.org
│   ├── 20260115215958-org_modern_test.org~
│   ├── 20260115220057-zathura_imp_keys.org
│   ├── 20260115220057-zathura_imp_keys.org~
│   ├── 20260115224949-org_mode_themes.html
│   ├── 20260115224949-org_mode_themes.org
│   ├── 20260115224949-org_mode_themes.org~
│   └── index.org
├── org-html-themes
│   ├── bigblow_inline.theme
│   ├── comfy_inline.theme
│   ├── darksun.theme
│   ├── gray.theme
│   ├── imagine_light.theme
│   ├── latexcss.theme
│   ├── readtheorg_inline.theme
│   ├── rethink_inline.theme
│   ├── retro_dark.theme
│   ├── simple_gray.theme
│   ├── simple_inline.theme
│   ├── simple_whiteblue.theme
│   ├── simple_white.theme
│   ├── solarized_dark.theme
│   ├── solarized_light.theme
│   ├── stylish_white.theme
│   └── white_clean.theme
├── public
│   └── index.html
├── README.org
├── rss-to-be-added-study.org
├── style.css
└── theme-readtheorg.setup
4 directories, 43 files

local development

# Install dependencies and build
emacs --batch -l build.el -f org-publish-all

# Preview locally
firefox public/index.html

# Clean rebuild
rm -rf public/ .org-timestamps/
emacs --batch -l build.el -f org-publish-all

Themes included

$ tree ./org-html-themes/.

./org-html-themes/.
├── bigblow_inline.theme
├── comfy_inline.theme
├── darksun.theme
├── gray.theme
├── imagine_light.theme
├── latexcss.theme
├── readtheorg_inline.theme
├── rethink_inline.theme
├── retro_dark.theme
├── simple_gray.theme
├── simple_inline.theme
├── simple_whiteblue.theme
├── simple_white.theme
├── solarized_dark.theme
├── solarized_light.theme
├── stylish_white.theme
└── white_clean.theme

Contributing

• Fork the repo
• Create feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-theme
• Commit changes: git commit -m ‘Add amazing theme’
• Push: git push origin feature/amazing-theme
• Open Pull Request

TODOS

• [ ] Add RSS Functionality rss adding learnings
• [ ] check if denote can be used for ORG Blog Forge.
• [ ] Suggestions
• [ ] make README just a landing page for all steps list.
• [X] org test file
• [X] results are populated in the public folder.

references

Thanks to

Jethro kuan

Fabrice Niessen

spudlyo

minad for example.org file

prot :)

karthink

org mode

org roam

License

MIT License - see LICENSE © 2026 Vipul