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Dawn

A minimal newsletter theme for Ghost

From TryGhost·Updated June 19, 2026·View on GitHub·

A highly functional [Ghost](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost) theme that adapts to the reader's preferences. Let them read, search, subscribe, navigate, and more with ease. The project is written primarily in Handlebars, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2020. Key topics include: blogging, ghost, ghost-theme, magazine, publishing.

Dawn

A highly functional Ghost theme that adapts to the reader's preferences. Let them read, search, subscribe, navigate, and more with ease.

Demo: https://dawn.ghost.io

Instructions

  1. Download this theme
  2. Log into Ghost, and go to the Design settings area to upload the zip file

Development

Styles are compiled using Gulp/PostCSS to polyfill future CSS spec. You'll need Node, pnpm and Gulp installed globally. After that, from the theme's root directory:

bash
# Install pnpm install # Run build & watch for changes pnpm dev

Now you can edit /assets/css/ files, which will be compiled to /assets/built/ automatically.

The zip Gulp task packages the theme files into dist/dawn.zip, which you can then upload to your site.

bash
pnpm zip

Contribution

This repo is synced automatically with TryGhost/Themes monorepo. If you're looking to contribute or raise an issue, head over to the main repository TryGhost/Themes where our official themes are developed.

Theme translations

Please see the @Tryghost/Themes/theme-translations/README.md for how to edit or contribute translations.

Copyright & License

Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Ghost Foundation - Released under the MIT license.

Contributors

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This article is auto-generated from TryGhost/Dawn via the GitHub API.Last fetched: 6/21/2026