Zola Themes Benchmarks - click here for wider page

This is a quick overview showing which Zola themes are fast, lightweight, security oriented, and follow modern web standards.

Last Updated: Sep 13 2024

• KB: Kilobytes Blog Index (lower is better)
• GL: Google Lighthouse Average Score (higher is better)
• YL: Yellow Lab Tools Average Score (higher is better)
• MO: Mozilla Observatory Score (higher is better)

Themes are sorted by Lighthouse, YellowLabTools, and Observatory ratings, themes with Search feature are at the top.

You may wonder, why check the Mozilla Observatory rating on a demo site?

If any Javascript used by the theme is improperly structured/implemented, then it is impossible to enforce a strict CSP without also breaking the Javascript features (this is particularly true of unsafe-inline). We can surmise that any themes with a high mozilla observatory rating (and the js features still work) do not have any obvious javascript issues.

If you host your site or theme on netlify then implementing a CSP is simple, just include a netlify.toml file (headers section).

If you host your site or theme on cloudflare pages then implementing a CSP is simple, just include a _headers file.

Theme	Demo	KB	GL	YL	MO	Repository Statistics
abridge	Demo	26	100	100	130
halve-z	Demo	276	100	91	130
shadharon	Demo	311	97	99	50
tabi	Demo	295	95	96	50
book	Demo	29	99	99	40
minimal-da	Demo	58	91	99	40
pico	Demo	1056	92	96	40
Docsascode	Demo	6	87	99	40
adidoks	Demo	4	97	90	35
EasyDocs	Demo	93	88	100	25
karzok	Demo	210	95	98	20
Duckquill	Demo	457	94	95	20
Blow	Demo	296	93	98	15
DeepThough	Demo	1290	87	80	35
Inky	Demo	63	94	89	15
zolastrap	Demo	2777	84	67	20
ataraxia	404	-	0	0	0
zola.386	404	-	0	0	0
Zulma	404	-	0	0	0

Themes without a search feature:

Theme	Demo	KB	GL	YL	MO	Repository Statistics
Bear	Demo	4	95	100	125
Zolarwind	Demo	889	96	97	115
Mabuya	Demo	41	99	99	80
Minimal	Demo	19	97	99	80
serene	Demo	34	100	99	45
d3c3nt	Demo	9	100	100	40
kangae	Demo	12	99	100	40
Kita	Demo	15	99	99	40
tranquil	Demo	26	99	99	40
tale-zola	Demo	23	97	99	40
after-dark	Demo	11	96	99	40
anemone	Demo	11	91	99	45
PaperMod	Demo	15	97	98	40
Anpu	Demo	23	97	98	40
simple-dev	Demo	73	96	99	40
emily_zola	Demo	1081	97	98	40
sam	Demo	152	94	100	40
pickles	Demo	213	93	95	45
even	Demo	15	97	99	35
solar-them	Demo	19	92	99	40
apollo	Demo	334	98	97	35
Oceanic Ze	Demo	559	94	95	40
hyde	Demo	46	91	97	40
hallo	Demo	659	92	92	40
Float	Demo	368	91	96	35
Zplit	Demo	368	84	97	40
nasm-theme	Demo	204	91	94	35
no style,	Demo	7	98	100	20
Hook	Demo	9	99	99	20
Course	Demo	41	98	100	20
zerm	Demo	168	80	98	40
tilde	Demo	2	99	93	25
Zhuia	Demo	702	85	97	35
polymathic	Demo	1179	95	82	40
kodama	Demo	60	96	100	20
Coco	Demo	8	95	100	20
otherworld	Demo		94	100	20
Academic W	Demo	45	95	98	20
Soapstone	Demo	14	92	99	20
Ergo	Demo	268	85	91	35
ntun-zola-	Demo	404	81	95	35
boring	Demo	914	85	86	40
Clean Blog	Demo	1404	89	82	40
zallery	Demo	1570	93	97	20
neovim	Demo	3333	90	80	40
henry	Demo	10	89	100	20
HayFlow	Demo	317	99	95	15
Academic P	Demo	94	94	93	20
terminimal	Demo	190	92	95	20
feather	Demo	17	89	96	20
Hermit_Zol	Demo	171	91	98	15
zola-paper	Demo	12	91	97	15
hephaestus	Demo	276	91	96	15
Toucan	Demo	132	80	99	20
archie-zol	Demo		98	99	0
dose	Demo	18	86	100	10
Andromeda	Demo	1729	76	85	35
zola-grays	Demo	1745	91	89	15
Seje2	Demo	1866	86	88	20
Papaya	Demo	348	98	94	0
zola-hacke	Demo	26	90	99	0
Hikari	Demo	102	89	99	0
resume	Demo	684	86	86	15
Albatros	Demo	2067	83	83	20
juice	Demo	91	88	96	0
particle	Demo	380	95	89	0
Seagull	Demo	835	76	88	20
dinkleberg	Demo	122	83	99	0
anatole-zo	Demo	445	87	94	0
codinfox-z	Demo	346	78	96	0
lightspeed	404	-	0	0	0
Slim	404	-	0	0	0