awesome-lite-websites

A list of lightweight [versions of] websites without all the bloat. Websites included include no, or very little JavaScript and are smaller than 1MB in size (usually smaller by a significant margin). We love websites like Motherfucking Website.

This list is still young and I would like to hear your feedback on what should or should not be included, please submit an issue or contribute to on-going discussions.

Add a website by reading CONTRIBUTING.md

Contents

• News
• Social
• Other

News

• CNN Lite - A lite version of CNN.com
• NPR Text-Only - Text-only version of NPR.org
• Pxlet - Lite index of various websites including Hacker News, Reddit, Slashdot and more
• SkimFeed - Tech News aggregator
• Hackaday - Fresh Hacks Every Day from around the Internet
• Reuters - A lite version of reuters.com
• Techdirt Lite - Text-only version of techdirt.com
• laarc - a tech mashup of Hacker News and Reddit by two long time fans of both forums
• CBC - a lite version of cbc.ca
• Legible News - News published once per day that link judiciously to Wikipedia articles

Social

• Facebook - Basic mode of Facebook
• Lobsters - A technology-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion
• Hacker News - A social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship.
• Reddit - Reddit .compact view
• Twitter - A faster, data friendly way to use Twitter
• Tilde - not a social network it is one tiny totally standard unix computer that people respectfully use together in their shared quest to build awesome web pages
• Mataroa - Minimal blogging platform with export as first-class feature.
• Haven - Self hostable social networking alternative. Open source; uses RSS; minimal with no ads, tracking, or JS frameworks.

Other

• Wikipedia - A free online encyclopedia with the aim to allow anyone to edit articles
• Gmail Basic - Basic HTML version of Gmail
• Gmail Mobile - Minimalistic mobile version of Gmail
• Project Gutenberg - A volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works
• Afrika Radyo - An internet radio with emphasis on African and middle-eastern music.
• Super Simple Lorem Ipsum - Super simple lorem ipsum
• DuckDuckGo - A lite version of duckduckgo.com
• wiby - A search engine for lightweight websites
• Conventional Commits - The Conventional Commits specification proposes introducing a standardized lightweight convention on top of commit messages.
• Txti - A simple app that lets you create fast web pages for everybody
• Gnod - A set of AI-powered tools for discovering new things
  • Gnoosic - Discovering music
  • Gnooks - Discovering books
  • Gnovies - Discovering movies
  • Gnod Art - Discovering artists
• 10kb Gallery - art within 10,000 bytes
• qwsx - URL Shortener
• emuparadise - Place to download and play old-school retro video games
• tucktools - Free online tools - Needs JavaScript to work
• privado - A lightweight search engine that doesn't IP address or searches in any identifiable way
• UnitPrice - A simple price analysis tool for purchasing bulk goods on Amazon
• okaycup - A text-based website that compares varieties of coffee k-cup pods
• MinWiz - A starter kit for viable, production-ready, lightweight websites
• trends24 - Twitter trending hashtags and topics
• AppAgg - APPlication AGGregator
• Youtube Trends - Youtube Trending Videos
• JSON Lint - JSON Formatter and Validator

License

To the extent possible under law, Mahdi Dibaiee has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.