Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme
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September 14, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (20 comments)
ls1911
nice web design !
owencmcgrath
looks great!
elicash
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.
samastur
looks awful (to provide a genuinely felt counter view)
slig
Looks great, thanks for sharing. Do you plan to add Dark Mode and/or Shadcn theming?
wps
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.
bradly
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.
raincole
I just realized this is one more thing destroyed by LLM after em-dashes.
brauhaus
Is a dark mode available? That's the bit I struggle the most with this style.
Svoka
Brutalism? More like 'Back to school' vibes to be honest
jawngee
trapper keeper-ism
martythemaniak
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.
julianlam
Ah, yes, the Brite Bootswatch skin. No need to mess around further.
rodolphoarruda
Is there a pure CSS or CSS + JS alternative that does not rely on React?
nzeid
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.
mrweasel
Wouldn't web brutalism be using the browsers "native" component, as in don't style <input> elements?
ricardobayes
This is pretty cool however I feel it's inconsistent. Some elements have a drop shadow and some don't (Button vs Button Group).
tolerance
This is actually "Post-Corporate Memphis". Says me. These pages are closer to "neobrutalism" or what I would call "Cybermod" [0], I think... < https://webb.page > < https://garden.bradwoods.io > [0]: < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44415330 >
jumploops
I'm a big fan of neobrutalist UIs, but I think it's easy to overdo it. This component library and the LLM default interpretation of the style is very much "in your face." As an example, the black scrollbar here[0] is very heavy, a component which isn't meant to be looked at, but is distracting on first glance. Prompting an LLM to make "lightly styled" neobrutalist is much more pleasing to my eyes, but maybe I'm alone in that. [0] https://www.neobrutalism.dev/docs
supernihil
Shameless plug for HARDBRUT as well: https://supernihil.github.io/hardbrut/ Dark/light, accent colors but otherwise no customization. Going after standardized ui. Css blob with builtin font, or no font. Kotlin components as well