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: Oct 01 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	25	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
Duckquill	Demo	164	97	97	20
EasyDocs	Demo	93	88	100	25
karzok	Demo	210	94	98	20
Blow	Demo	294	93	98	15
DeepThough	Demo	1285	87	80	35
Inky	Demo	65	94	89	15
zolastrap	Demo	2778	85	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	94	97	115
Mabuya	Demo	40	100	99	80
Minimal	Demo	19	96	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	22	97	98	40
simple-dev	Demo	72	96	99	40
sam	Demo	152	94	100	40
pickles	Demo	213	94	95	45
emily_zola	Demo	1081	96	98	40
even	Demo	15	97	99	35
solar-them	Demo	19	92	99	40
apollo	Demo	335	98	97	35
Oceanic Ze	Demo	559	94	95	40
hyde	Demo	45	91	97	40
hallo	Demo	659	92	92	40
Float	Demo	364	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
Zhuia	Demo	703	85	98	35
tilde	Demo	2	99	93	25
kodama	Demo	60	96	100	20
polymathic	Demo	1179	94	82	40
Coco	Demo	8	95	100	20
otherworld	Demo		94	100	20
Academic W	Demo	45	95	98	20
Soapstone	Demo	15	92	99	20
Ergo	Demo	267	85	91	35
ntun-zola-	Demo	404	81	95	35
boring	Demo	914	85	86	40
Clean Blog	Demo	1403	89	82	40
neovim	Demo	3332	90	80	40
henry	Demo	10	89	100	20
HayFlow	Demo	316	99	95	15
Academic P	Demo	94	94	93	20
terminimal	Demo	190	92	95	20
feather	Demo	17	89	96	20
Project Po	Demo	84	91	94	20
zallery	Demo	1801	92	93	20
Hermit_Zol	Demo	170	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	87	88	20
Papaya	Demo	348	98	94	0
zola-hacke	Demo	29	90	99	0
Hikari	Demo	102	89	99	0
resume	Demo	683	85	86	15
Albatros	Demo	2067	83	83	20
Seagull	Demo	836	77	88	20
particle	Demo	380	95	89	0
juice	Demo	91	87	96	0
dinkleberg	Demo	122	83	99	0
anatole-zo	Demo	445	86	94	0
codinfox-z	Demo	346	79	96	0
lightspeed	404	-	0	0	0
Slim	404	-	0	0	0