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Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme

50 pointsby samke-today at 4:02 PM29 commentsview on HN

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bradlytoday at 5:19 PM

I enjoy the look of these, but personally I wouldn't have thought to describe them as neobrutalist, so I'm thinking I don't know what it is.

How is brutalism defined in this context? When I think web brutalism I think Craigslist style sites and reduction of superfluous design elements.

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wpstoday at 5:18 PM

Really unfortunate how much I immediately associate this with vibe coded sites. So many models trend to this exact neobrutalist style when any semblance of Swiss design or minimalism is mentioned in the prompt. However, I really do like how the style looks on some sites, like in https://www.not-ship.com/united-nations-map/ which was on HN earlier.

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rodolphoarrudatoday at 5:53 PM

Is there a pure CSS or CSS + JS alternative that does not rely on React?

julianlamtoday at 5:52 PM

Ah, yes, the Brite Bootswatch skin.

No need to mess around further.

elicashtoday at 5:04 PM

The charts are particularly great.

I will say I'm afraid to use this style because Gemini seems to love it so much and therefore users will make assumptions about how the website was created.

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brauhaustoday at 5:25 PM

Is a dark mode available? That's the bit I struggle the most with this style.

nzeidtoday at 6:04 PM

Reminds me of Notion and old Basecamp.

This is a very easy sell for me because everything these days is doing the infuriating gray text on gray background.

sligtoday at 5:06 PM

Looks great, thanks for sharing. Do you plan to add Dark Mode and/or Shadcn theming?

Svokatoday at 5:31 PM

Brutalism? More like 'Back to school' vibes to be honest

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raincoletoday at 5:24 PM

I just realized this is one more thing destroyed by LLM after em-dashes.

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samasturtoday at 5:05 PM

looks awful (to provide a genuinely felt counter view)

martythemaniaktoday at 5:34 PM

I love it! I've been using my own styling for my various projects that I call "Soft NeoBrutalism" that's more colourful and lower contrast since I find most neobrutalist styles to be too stark. Sample here: https://frost-e.com/design-system/

Since mine is just a hacky vibe-coded single css file, I might switch to yours with a custom colour scheme.

jawngeetoday at 5:32 PM

trapper keeper-ism

ls1911today at 4:12 PM

nice web design !

owencmcgrathtoday at 5:00 PM

looks great!