al-folio is a Jekyll academic theme and portfolio generator designed for researchers and professors to build professional homepages, lab sites, and research profiles. It functions as a system for creating a digital academic identity, combining a website template with tools for scientific and academic publishing.
The project distinguishes itself through specialized scholarly workflows, such as automated publication lists and bibliography management driven by BibTeX files. It provides specific layouts for digital academic CVs, research portfolios, and the rendering of mathematical expressions and technical diagrams.
The platform covers a broad range of academic content capabilities, including course showcases, project grids, and research blog management. It supports technical media integration such as syntax-highlighted code, interactive data visualizations, and vector drawings. General site utility is provided through theme customization with light and dark mode toggling and social preview configuration for search and social media discovery.