Jekyll is a static site generator with a templating system that can be adapted for many types of websites, including blogs. It can be run on a server, or run locally and the generated files uploaded to a server. It is the default software used by Github Pages.

Installing Jekyll package on Ubuntu 16.04 is as easy as running the following command on terminal:

sudo apt-get install jekyll git gitg

jekyll new my-awesome-site
cd my-awesome-site
jekyll serve
=> Now browse to http://localhost:4000

Clone the repository

Go to the folder where you want to store your project, and clone the new repository:

git clone https://github.com/username/username.github.io

Push it

Enter the project folder and add, commit, and push your changes:

git add --all

git commit -m "Initial commit"

git push -u origin master