Web Design
1378 sites
https://www.jacky.wtf/
Jacky Alciné is a tech professional and writer whose homepage covers open digital technology, algorithmic bias, labor organizing, and the IndieWeb movement. The site features essays, weeknotes, a linklog, and a curated list of media appearances in outlets like Ars Technica and The New York Times.
https://eva.town/webrings
Eva Decker's webring membership page lists the various web communities she belongs to, including rings focused on digital accessibility, CSS, LGBTQ+ coding, and design systems. It offers a window into the old-web revival scene where practitioners connect through curated loops of related personal and professional sites.
https://apaddedcell.com/web-fonts
A Padded Cell is a web design help site featuring a comprehensive guide to pre-installed fonts across Linux, Mac, and Windows, authored by Megan McDermott in 2007. The guide covers font availability by operating system, CSS font stacking techniques, and foreign language fonts, making it an invaluable reference for designers seeking to move beyond the basic core web font set.
http://list-me.com/
List-Me.com is a free, non-elite web directory that has been running since 2004, welcoming personal sites, fan pages, and creative projects without requiring payment or elite status to join. With over 350 links spanning art, fandom, personal collectives, and more, it serves as a low-barrier hub for the old-web and indie web communities.
https://bestmotherfucking.website/
A profanity-laced manifesto and satirical demonstration advocating for lightweight, accessible, readable websites, making its point by being exactly the kind of minimal site it preaches about. It covers web design principles like text contrast, font loading, HTTPS, and HTTP/2 in a blunt, irreverent style that has made it something of a cult classic among web developers.
https://sweetembed.neocities.org/
sweetEMBED is a curated archive of copy-and-paste HTML/CSS templates, retro widgets, custom cursors, browser pets, and other embeddable goodies for Neocities and indie web creators. With 30+ full-page layouts, a live custom web editor, and categories covering everything from guestbooks to CRT backgrounds, it's a one-stop shop for building a personality-packed personal page.
https://kid-koda.neocities.org/
Kid Koda's personal Neocities site greets visitors with a retro-styled splash page that sets expectations for a handcrafted, desktop-optimized web experience. The site is an ongoing work-in-progress, built with a focus on learning HTML, CSS, and JS from scratch in the old-web tradition.
https://brutalistwebsites.com/
Brutalist Websites is a curated gallery showcasing websites that embrace the brutalist design philosophy, celebrating raw, uncomfortable, and unconventional web aesthetics as a counterpoint to polished mainstream design. With over a thousand examples from studios, artists, and creative projects, it serves as both an archive and a manifesto for a distinct school of web design thinking.
https://openbooks.neocities.org/
OpenBooks is Neocities' original web portal, created by Coyote Reyne, designed to help visitors discover the independent, human-made corners of the internet outside of corporate algorithms. Now in its 11th iteration, the site features a searchable directory, curated links, and a retrospective celebrating a decade of fostering DIY internet culture.
https://wanderverse.neocities.org/
The Wanderverse is a personal Neocities homepage featuring a button wall, webrings, and a profile page, all hallmarks of the old-web aesthetic revival. The site is light on text but rich in the visual language of handcrafted indie web culture, with a changelog suggesting ongoing updates and creative investment.