4leafclover

A Ghost theme I built because I needed one and didn't want to pay for a premium option. Dark, high-contrast, opinionated. Not a polished commercial release, but it runs in production on this site, which is the only proof of concept that matters.

Free. Grab it, fork it, change it.

Download v1.2.1 · View on GitHub

What it includes

A horizontal post feed, featured post rail, sticky-capable header and sidebar, a homepage hero with optional logo overlay, and bridge graphics between sections. The sidebar carries social links, a signup CTA, and configurable copy. A contact form ships with webhook support, so you can route submissions to n8n, Zapier, or wherever you want them to land, with honeypot and time-trap spam filtering built in. A search overlay works automatically against Ghost's Content API with no setup required. A custom 404 page rounds it out, because the default one is boring.

Most customization happens in Ghost Admin under Settings > Design > Customize. Color control, layout toggles, copy, and contact form behavior are all configurable at runtime, with no code changes required.

Install

Download the ZIP from the Releases page, then follow the clicks:

Ghost Admin > Settings > Design > Change theme > Upload theme > Activate

Built with

Ghost 6.0+, PostCSS, Autoprefixer, cssnano, and gscan for theme validation. Node.js is only required for local development.

Known rough edges

Rough edges will surface. That's expected. If something breaks badly enough to file an issue, I'll look at it.

Support and licensing

Free to use, modify, and redistribute, including on commercial Ghost sites. No attribution required, but GitHub stars are welcome. No warranty, no guaranteed support.

If this gets traction, I'll put more energy into it. If I improve it for my own site, I'll push it back to the repo.