Carbon.

Carbon: the website directory in black and white

Carbon is built for curators, studios and communities that run a showcase of websites and want the work, not the chrome, to stand out.

Inter only, no accent colour and every screenshot framed on a grey mat: the sites bring the colour, Carbon stays quiet.

Why Carbon

• Purpose-built for website directories, inspiration galleries and studio showcases
• A home page that is the directory: big-word filters by category, style, colour, stack and country, with counts, clear chips, sorting and shareable URLs
• Studio profiles that credit every site, a jobs board and a journal of interviews and features
• Pages to grow the directory: pricing for studios, a submit form, sign in and sign up
• Dark mode with a light, dark and system toggle, set before the page draws
• Instant search across sites, taglines and studios, powered by Fuse.js
• Fast, lightweight and SEO-ready thanks to Astro, with RSS and sitemap included
• Lenis smooth scroll, a design skill and AGENTS.md for AI coding tools

Layout & Structure

Carbon opens every page with a single line of text and lets the grid do the rest. Detail pages for sites, studios, posts and legal pages share one editorial rhythm: a label on the left, the content on the right.

Carbon is also available with Sanity CMS or EmDash CMS for teams that want to publish without touching code.

One-time license: pay once, ship many

Pay once. Use it on unlimited projects. Launch a directory that lets the work speak for itself.