Web Design
1378 sites
https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2013/05/28/making-the-web-fun-again
Kyle Drake, founder of Neocities, lays out his vision for reviving the free, creative, personal web in this 2013 manifesto blog post. Drawing on the history of GeoCities, the dot-com bubble, and corporate web consolidation, he argues for a community-driven alternative that makes personal website creation fun and accessible again.
https://followthewhiterabbit.neocities.org/
A visually dramatic personal site with a Matrix-inspired aesthetic, warning visitors about flashing lights and designed for a specific desktop experience. The sparse entry page builds atmosphere with its cryptic 'enter if you dare' invitation, suggesting an elaborate creative or artistic space within.
http://htmlbasictutor.ca/
HTML Basic Tutor is a Canadian educational site offering beginner-friendly tutorials on HTML coding, CSS stylesheets, and search engine optimization for small business owners and anyone learning to build websites. Visitors will find hand-picked, personally vetted resources covering everything from basic HTML tags and document structure to download speed optimization and web page validation.
https://astroslair.neocities.org/
Astro's Lair is a handcrafted personal site by a creator who goes by Astro, built as a love letter to the old web with fully hand-coded HTML and CSS, no frameworks, and a strong commitment to accessibility and privacy. Visitors can explore projects, a codex, mini-games, and a thoughtfully minimal design philosophy that celebrates the creative spirit of the early internet.
https://linklings.club/
Linklings.club is an interest-based friend finder for the personal web, letting visitors browse or search a growing database of personal website owners organized by their specific hobbies and fandoms. It fills a real gap in the indie web ecosystem by making it easy to discover like-minded people without relying on social media algorithms or endless manual browsing.
https://humbug.com/links/periodic.html
A cleverly formatted blogroll arranged as a periodic table of elements, where each 'element' represents a blog the creator followed before RSS readers took over. The collection spans categories like baseball, politics, sci/tech, and culture, featuring well-known blogs like Kottke, Daily Kos, FiveThirtyEight, and xkcd.
https://design-system.club/
The Design Systems Webring is a human-curated collection of personal websites belonging to design system practitioners, connecting 23 members from across the industry. Created by Ariel Salminen, it welcomes anyone working with design systems regardless of experience level and provides simple instructions for joining via GitHub pull request.
https://hansfast.net/
Hans is a designer and thinker focused on information architecture, digital data ownership, and learning spaces, blending visual design with ideas about how people interact with tools and knowledge. His latest writing explores concepts like distributed full-text search via RSS and modern phone call etiquette, making this a thoughtful mix of design philosophy and practical internet ideas.
https://htmlsites2.neocities.org/
HTMLSites2 is a Neocities-based platform for creating HTML memes, drawing inspiration from YTMND-style web humor and old-school internet creativity. It features an IRC chat, a custom webring called the Hotline Webring, and serves as a hub for handcrafted HTML joke pages in the spirit of early web culture.
https://iltelaiodipenelope.it/materiale_grafico/index.php
Penelope's 'Il Telaio di Penelope' hosts a curated collection of GIFs, pixel art, and decorative web images gathered over many years from across the internet, all freely available for visitors to save and use in their own web pages. The site includes HTML tutorials explaining how to embed images, making it a practical resource for Italian-speaking web hobbyists building personal pages.