diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer-lock.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e03d2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/hugo:1": {
+      "version": "1.1.3",
+      "resolved": "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/hugo@sha256:15465c956810aa164c9644b6df5ca36f6cac3e7a86b7dcc474a1fb830b21c509",
+      "integrity": "sha256:15465c956810aa164c9644b6df5ca36f6cac3e7a86b7dcc474a1fb830b21c509"
+    },
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
+      "version": "1.7.1",
+      "resolved": "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node@sha256:8c0de46939b61958041700ee89e3493f3b2e4131a06dc46b4d9423427d06e5f6",
+      "integrity": "sha256:8c0de46939b61958041700ee89e3493f3b2e4131a06dc46b4d9423427d06e5f6"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38bc948b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/go",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/hugo:1": {
+      "extended": true,
+      "version": "0.156.0"
+    },
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {}
+  },
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "mhutchie.git-graph",
+        "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+        "tamasfe.even-better-toml",
+        "budparr.language-hugo-vscode"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "forwardPorts": [
+    1313
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9dd63450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+	// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=827846 to learn about workspace recommendations.
+	// Extension identifier format: ${publisher}.${name}. Example: vscode.csharp
+
+	// List of extensions which should be recommended for users of this workspace.
+	"recommendations": [
+		"mhutchie.git-graph",
+        "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
+        "tamasfe.even-better-toml",
+        "budparr.language-hugo-vscode"
+	]
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f75b3bd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module github.com/imfing/hextra-starter-template
+
+go 1.26
+
+require github.com/imfing/hextra v0.12.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afa86809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/imfing/hextra v0.12.3 h1:DZHY2rUWYteyzjlHi9r4n7Bb5e2Q+6LXe4C1Dqn0ZjM=
+github.com/imfing/hextra v0.12.3/go.mod h1:vi+yhpq8YPp/aghvJlNKVnJKcPJ/VyAEcfC1BSV9ARo=
diff --git a/hugo.yaml b/hugo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94bbbacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hugo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Hugo configuration file
+title: My Site
+
+# import hextra as module
+module:
+  imports:
+    - path: github.com/imfing/hextra
+
+markup:
+  # allow raw html
+  goldmark:
+    renderer:
+      unsafe: true
+    parser:
+      attribute:
+        block: true
+        title: true
+
+  # enable hextra syntax highlight
+  highlight:
+    noClasses: false
+
+menu:
+  main:
+    - name: KB
+      pageRef: /kb
+      weight: 1
+    - name: Tools
+      pageRef: /tools
+      weight: 2
+    - name: Contact ↗
+      url: "https://github.com/imfing"
+      weight: 3
+    - name: Search
+      weight: 4
+      params:
+        type: search
+    - name: GitHub
+      weight: 5
+      url: "https://github.com/imfing/hextra-starter-template"
+      params:
+        icon: github
+    - name: Twitter
+      weight: 6
+      url: "https://twitter.com/"
+      params:
+        icon: x-twitter
+
+params:
+  navbar:
+    displayTitle: true
+    displayLogo: false
+
+  footer:
+    displayCopyright: false
+    displayPoweredBy: true
+
+  editURL:
+    enable: true
+    base: "https://github.com/imfing/hextra-starter-template/edit/main/content"