Velora — a blog starter template built after discovering Velite

[armandwipangestu]

Hi Velite team 👋

First of all, thank you for building Velite — it genuinely changed how I approach MDX-based blogs.

I want to share a small project called Velora, a developer-first blog starter template powered by Velite.

Why I built it

I originally rebuilt my personal blog using Next.js + Tailwind + Markdown.
But I kept running into the same problems:

• manual frontmatter handling
• limited syntax highlighting (highlight.js)
• difficult MDX + plugin setup
• poor code block experience for technical posts

As someone who writes programming content, I really wanted richer code blocks:
line numbers, word/line highlighting, diff notation, focus lines, etc.

After researching, I discovered Shiki + Rehype Pretty Code.

Then I found Velite.

Velite made everything click instantly — especially:

• type-safe content schema with Zod
• clean content pipeline
• easy MDX parsing
• great DX

It removed almost all the configuration pain I previously had.

So I built Velora

Velora is basically:
👉 “clone and start writing” blog starter

It includes:

• Velite content pipeline
• Shiki + Rehype rich code blocks
• shadcn/ui + Tailwind
• pagination & filtering
• dynamic OG images
• Giscus comments
• analytics integrations
• Docker support
• many batteries included

🔗 Demo: https://velora-example.vercel.app
🔗 Repo: https://github.com/armandwipangestu/velora

Velite is the reason this project feels clean and maintainable.
So this is partly a showcase and partly a thank-you 🙌

If anyone here is building a blog with Velite, feel free to try it or share feedback!