The Motherfucking Website
Hacker ApprovedWeb template
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.
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.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 94%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 15 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Minimal, usable, simple design
“motherfuckingwebsite.com is more minimal and usable than these frameworks.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Pico CSS is no longer maintained” “still a very good template for how a simple website should be written”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Have a Fucking Website” “A perfect site without js yet not good enough for "agents".”
Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Is Your Site Agent-Ready? (By Cloudflare)” Often linked as the answer
“Give me a https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ instead.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Is this the new cyber normal?” “It should be line https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/”
Comment from 25 Sep 2026 in “Too AI; Didn't Read” Design starting point for sites
“No ideas how to design a site (or too many ideas)? The motherfucking website to the rescue!”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “How did the H1B visa become the 'Indian' visa” “without LLMs I wouldn't have the talent to create a site as good as”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Agentic Mfw” Funny, useful, and worth revisiting
“hilarious abd useful at the same time”
Comment from 20 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Fucking Websites” “I haven't seen this on HN in a while so it is worth reposting”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: One clean, developer-focused page for every Unicode symbol”
What people said
11 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“motherfuckingwebsite.com is more minimal and usable than these frameworks.”
“Give me a https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ instead.”
“Check the sources of the classic in devtools. You'll be severely disappointed.”
“It should be line https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/”
“No ideas how to design a site (or too many ideas)? The motherfucking website to the rescue!”
“without LLMs I wouldn't have the talent to create a site as good as”
“A perfect site without js yet not good enough for "agents".”
“Have a motherfucking website”
“still a very good template for how a simple website should be written”
“I haven't seen this on HN in a while so it is worth reposting”
“hilarious abd useful at the same time”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.