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: Nov 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	24	100	100	130
halve-z	Demo	278	99	91	130
Duckquill	Demo	184	95	96	75
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	91	96	40
Docsascode	Demo	6	87	99	40
adidoks	Demo	4	97	90	35
EasyDocs	Demo	94	88	100	25
karzok	Demo	210	95	98	20
DeepThough	Demo	1391	88	81	35
Blow	Demo	308	87	99	15
Inky	Demo	65	95	89	15
zolastrap	Demo	2780	86	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	133	100	98	80
Minimal	Demo	19	96	99	80
serene	Demo	35	100	99	45
d3c3nt	Demo	9	100	100	40
Kita	Demo	15	99	99	40
tranquil	Demo	26	99	99	40
tale-zola	Demo	23	98	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	72	96	99	40
emily_zola	Demo	1081	97	98	40
UI Navigat	Demo	5	94	100	40
sam	Demo	152	94	100	40
pickles	Demo	214	94	95	45
even	Demo	15	97	99	35
solar-them	Demo	19	92	99	40
kangae	Demo	12	90	100	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
Zplit	Demo	368	84	97	40
nasm-theme	Demo	301	91	93	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
Float	Demo	378	86	97	35
Zhuia	Demo	703	85	98	35
tilde	Demo	2	99	93	25
kodama	Demo	60	96	100	20
polymathic	Demo	1181	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	268	85	91	35
ntun-zola-	Demo	405	81	95	35
boring	Demo	914	85	86	40
Clean Blog	Demo	1403	89	82	40
neovim	Demo	3332	91	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
zola-paper	Demo	207	91	98	15
Hermit_Zol	Demo	271	91	97	15
hephaestus	Demo	277	92	96	15
Toucan	Demo	132	80	99	20
archie-zol	Demo		98	99	0
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	81	91	98	0
Hikari	Demo	102	89	99	0
particle	Demo	401	95	91	0
resume	Demo	686	85	86	15
Albatros	Demo	2067	83	83	20
dose	Demo	18	86	99	0
Seagull	Demo	835	77	88	20
juice	Demo	112	86	96	0
dinkleberg	Demo	122	83	99	0
anatole-zo	Demo	590	87	94	0
codinfox-z	Demo	345	79	96	0
lightspeed	404	-	0	0	0
Slim	404	-	0	0	0