# The Motherfucking Website

15 Hacker News commenters recommended The Motherfucking Website and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a minimal, readable, no-JavaScript template for simple websites and a funny reference point. Caveat: one critic says its source disappointed in devtools.

## Why people recommend it

- Minimal, usable, simple design (3 comments): "motherfuckingwebsite.com is more minimal and usable than these frameworks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50301141)) "still a very good template for how a simple website should be written" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47423143)) "A perfect site without js yet not good enough for "agents"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47806375))
- Often linked as the answer (2 comments): "Give me a https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ instead." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215084)) "It should be line https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49850236))
- Design starting point for sites (2 comments): "No ideas how to design a site (or too many ideas)? The motherfucking website to the rescue!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996958)) "without LLMs I wouldn't have the talent to create a site as good as" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48380763))
- Funny, useful, and worth revisiting (2 comments): "hilarious abd useful at the same time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46340240)) "I haven't seen this on HN in a while so it is worth reposting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46436860))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Motherfucking Website", https://hackerapproved.com/p/motherfuckingwebsite-com/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).