Free themes · 10 WordPress · 2 Shopify

Free themes with nothing held back.

Every theme here is the whole theme. No locked features, no licence key, no “upgrade to pro to remove this notice”. Download the zip, install it, use it on as many sites as you like — including for paying clients.

GPL & MIT 0 accounts 0 upsells 0 external requests

Inkwell

📝 Blog & Magazine
Ⓦ WordPress

A clean, fast magazine theme for people who actually write.

v1.0.0 · 95 KB · GPL v2 or later

Northline

🏢 Business & Agency
Ⓦ WordPress

A confident business theme with a hero, services and testimonials built in.

v1.0.0 · 92 KB · GPL v2 or later

Sagebrush

🍽️ Restaurant & Food
Ⓦ WordPress

Menus, hours and a reservation button — the three things a restaurant site needs.

v1.0.0 · 159 KB · GPL v2 or later

Liftoff

🚀 Landing Page
Ⓦ WordPress

One page, one message, one button. For launches and product pages.

v1.0.0 · 127 KB · GPL v2 or later

Tradewind

🛒 Shop & WooCommerce
Ⓦ WordPress

A WooCommerce theme that stays out of the way of the checkout.

v1.0.0 · 92 KB · GPL v2 or later

Ironclad

🏋️ Gym & Fitness
Ⓦ WordPress

A gym theme built to do one thing: turn a visitor into a member.

v1.0.0 · 242 KB · GPL v2 or later

Overture

🖼️ Portfolio
Ⓦ WordPress

A portfolio that opens at full volume. Enormous type, full-bleed work.

v1.0.0 · 76 KB · GPL v2 or later

Lantern

🕯️ Nonprofit & Charity
Ⓦ WordPress

Make the ask clearly, then show people where the money went.

v1.0.0 · 128 KB · GPL v2 or later

Saltbox

🛒 Shop & WooCommerce
Ⓢ Shopify

A calm, image-led Shopify theme for shops with things worth photographing.

v1.0.0 · 171 KB · MIT

Kiln

🛒 Shop & WooCommerce
Ⓢ Shopify

For shops that sell one thing properly, rather than four hundred things badly.

v1.0.0 · 88 KB · MIT

The same promise on every theme here

Genuinely free, including commercially

WordPress themes are GPL v2+, Shopify themes are MIT. Either way: use it on client sites, change it, rename it, sell the site you built with it. There is no “pro” version being withheld and no licence key.

No account, no email, no upsell

The download button is a download button. We do not ask who you are and there is nothing to unsubscribe from afterwards.

Nothing phones home

No Google Fonts, no analytics, no external requests of any kind. Everything the theme needs is inside the zip, which is also why they are small.

Not a page-builder trap

Every theme works with the block editor and the Customizer alone. None of them require a plugin to look like the demo.

Coming next

Plugins are being built now.

The same deal as the themes and the tools: free, GPL, no account. First up are the small ones we keep rewriting for clients — a lightweight contact form, a table-of-contents block, and a “business hours” widget that knows whether you are open.

No sign-up form for this, because we are not collecting emails. Check back, or watch the blog.

Questions people ask before downloading

Are these really free for commercial use?

Yes. They are licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 or later, the same licence WordPress itself uses. You can use them on client sites, charge for the work, modify them, and redistribute your modified version. You do not owe us anything and you do not need to credit us.

Is there a paid version with the good bits?

No. There is no pro tier, no add-on and no feature that is disabled until you pay. What is described on each theme page is what is inside the zip.

Why are you giving these away?

They are a portfolio. We build iOS apps and web systems for clients, and a theme someone can actually install and read the source of says more than a screenshot of a project we cannot show you.

Will you keep them updated?

Yes, for WordPress compatibility and bugs. Because they are GPL, you are also free to fix anything yourself — and if you send the fix back we will fold it in.

How do I install a theme from a zip?

In WordPress go to Appearance → Themes → Add New → Upload Theme, choose the zip, press Install Now, then Activate. Each theme page has the same steps with its own screenshots.

Do they work with Elementor, Divi or WPBakery?

They work with the block editor and the Customizer, which is what they are built for. Page builders generally take over the content area and will render inside these themes, but the front-page sections described on each theme page are Customizer-driven and are the intended way to build with them.