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: Dec 09 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	27	100	100	130
halve-z	Demo	278	99	91	130
Duckquill	Demo	51	96	97	100
shadharon	Demo	311	97	99	50
book	Demo	29	99	99	40
tabi	Demo	287	91	96	50
minimal-da	Demo	58	91	99	40
pico	Demo	1056	92	96	40
Docsascode	Demo	6	87	99	40
adidoks	Demo	4	96	90	35
EasyDocs	Demo	94	88	100	25
karzok	Demo	210	95	98	20
Blow	Demo	303	93	99	15
DeepThough	Demo	1291	84	81	35
Inky	Demo	65	94	89	15
zolastrap	Demo	2780	82	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	97	97	115
Mabuya	Demo	133	100	98	80
Minimal	Demo	19	97	99	80
serene	Demo	21	99	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	98	99	40
UI Navigat	Demo	13	96	100	40
after-dark	Demo	11	96	99	40
anemone	Demo	12	91	99	45
PaperMod	Demo	15	97	98	40
Anpu	Demo	25	97	98	40
simple-dev	Demo	72	96	99	40
sam	Demo	152	94	100	40
pickles	Demo	214	94	94	45
emily_zola	Demo	1081	94	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
re137	Demo	822	97	90	40
hallo	Demo	659	92	92	40
Agency	Demo	304	97	99	25
Zplit	Demo	368	84	97	40
Float	Demo	373	89	97	35
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
kodama	Demo	60	96	100	20
Coco	Demo	8	95	100	20
Zhuia	Demo	694	82	98	35
otherworld	Demo		94	100	20
Academic W	Demo	45	95	98	20
Soapstone	Demo	15	92	99	20
Ergo	Demo	274	85	91	35
Clean Blog	Demo	1403	89	82	40
neovim	Demo	3332	91	80	40
polymathic	Demo	1181	88	82	40
henry	Demo	10	89	100	20
ntun-zola-	Demo	405	79	95	35
Academic P	Demo	94	94	93	20
terminimal	Demo	190	92	95	20
HayFlow	Demo	317	97	95	15
boring	Demo	914	81	86	40
feather	Demo	17	89	96	20
Hermit_Zol	Demo	170	91	99	15
zola-paper	Demo	12	91	98	15
Project Po	Demo	78	91	91	20
hephaestus	Demo	276	90	96	15
Toucan	Demo	132	80	99	20
zallery	Demo	1801	92	87	20
Linkita	Demo	51	99	99	0
archie-zol	Demo		98	99	0
dose	Demo	18	86	100	10
Andromeda	Demo	1729	76	85	35
zola-grays	Demo	1761	91	88	15
Papaya	Demo	348	98	93	0
Seje2	Demo	1867	83	88	20
zola-hacke	Demo	29	90	99	0
Hikari	Demo	102	89	99	0
Albatros	Demo	2067	84	83	20
particle	Demo	382	95	90	0
juice	Demo	93	88	96	0
resume	Demo	684	83	86	15
dinkleberg	Demo	122	83	99	0
anatole-zo	Demo	486	87	94	0
codinfox-z	Demo	345	79	95	0
Seagull	Demo	780	75	0	20
lightspeed	404	-	0	0	0
Slim	404	-	0	0	0