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Bootswatch

Bootswatch, free swatches for your Bootstrap site

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#bootstrap#css themes#bootstrap swatch#free themes

407points
53comments
#18of 1,677 in 2012
Top 2%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

21 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 6 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.

Design: 7 for, 0 againstIdea: 6 for, 1 againstExecution: 3 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Great concept filling a gap in Bootstrap

    From 3 comments
    • This is fantastic and just what bootstrap needs to stop people complaining about all the bootstrap sites looking the same.. I hope this stays on the frontpage a while so more…
      thehodge on HN
    • Just awesome, that's exactly what Bootstrap was missing! I hope your project will grow big, good luck! P.S. That would be even cooler if there were more dark themes.
      creatom on HN
    • This is very very cool. It'd be even cooler if users could customize the themes right on the site, but that's probably obvious and not easy to implement.
      jonny_eh on HN
  • Generating themes from an image works well

    From 2 comments
    • Original post is cool, but has only 6 color schemes. I really like how your site generates a bootstrap color theme from an image of your choice.. works very well.
      kcima on HN
    • That looks really amazing, i have also tried a couple of pictures and it works really well. I was wondering if it would be possible to share a link with the picture attached…
      redslazer on HN

Objections

  • Included swatches look unattractive

    From 1 comment
    • I love the concept - my only problem with it is that the six starter themes (swatches) featured on the site aren't really attractive enough, more like failed experiments... it…
      josscrowcroft on HN
  • Site showed application errors under load

    From 2 comments
  • Generated colors can have poor contrast

    From 1 comment
    • nice work. I think you could tune this a bit more to pick the right colours for the right elements, bad contrast and clashing colours sometimes appear. but nice effort,…
      ed209 on HN

Requests

  • Live customization or preview on the site

    From 3 comments
    • This is very very cool. It'd be even cooler if users could customize the themes right on the site, but that's probably obvious and not easy to implement.
      jonny_eh on HN
    • What would be awesome is a way to select all custom colors and build a unique bootstrap swatch right on the site with live preview, like http://bytefluent.com/vivify/ does for…
      joshmanders on HN
    • That's awesome and deserves a post of its own. I'd love to see a feature that let you preview some dummy site with the theme you generate.
      mattmaroon on HN
  • Support for multiple Bootstrap versions

    From 1 comment
    • I didn't see a target bootstrap version at http://bootswatch.com/spacelab/bootstrap.min.css Hence, I assumed that we had to compile the less files. Also, not everyone will be…
      rvenugopal1 on HN
  • Email notification for new themes

    From 1 comment
    • Nice site. I bookmarked it but it would be cool to sign up for a email when there are new themes available. A very passive way to stay top of mind. Thanks for creating this!
      Blocks8 on HN

Questions

  • How are the colors generated and stored

    From 2 comments
    • Wow, what a coincidence! I just created a very similar project http://www.lavishbootstrap.com/ How did you generate the different themes, and are they stored in different…
      quan on HN
    • very cool site you should be the one in front page, do you get the colors out of the picture at random or you do some analysis to assign the darkest color to the background or…
      ilcavero on HN
  • Which Bootstrap version is targeted

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. I presume this is targeted at Bootstrap 2.0. Correct? One question I have is, how do you plan to deal with changing versions of Bootstrap. Just so I understand,…
      rvenugopal1 on HN

Alternatives named

  • Lavish Bootstrap

    From 1 comment
    • Wow, what a coincidence! I just created a very similar project http://www.lavishbootstrap.com/ How did you generate the different themes, and are they stored in different…
      quan on HN
  • WrapBootstrap themes

    From 1 comment
    • Isn't this almost the same as this? wrapbootstrap.com/themes which was featured a couple of days ago? Maybe you could submit your "swatches" as themes and earn a couple of bucks :)
      corroded on HN

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