14 top free Bootstrap themes

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Bootstrap is a free framework that helps you get responsive web design up and running quickly and easily. With Bootstrap, you can use HTML and CSS templates for web-based content such as forms, buttons, navigation and more. You can also use JavaScript plugins.

While there are a number of reasons to use free Bootstrap themes, the biggest are that it's easy to use and has a mobile-first approach. This makes it an excellent choice as the framework for a website builder. But it's not just for beginners; Bootstrap is a great choice for experienced web developers, too.

Here's a selection of some of the best free Bootstrap themes out there.

01. Marble

Marble is flexible enough for most applications

Made with portfolios in mind but flexible enough for just about any application, Marble features a fixed left sidebar menu that makes way for an off-canvas menu on mobile devices. And to help show off your work to best effect, it boasts smooth scrolling and eye-catching animations and fade-ins.

02. Lattes

If you want cool HTML5 and CSS3 tricks, check out Lattes

Developer-friendly and easily modifiable, Lattes is a clean and elegant Bootstrap HTML template aimed at small businesses, agencies and creatives. Its responsive design ensures that your site will look great on any device, and it incorporates all of the cutting-edge HTML5 and CSS3 elements you want, without the need to write any code.

03. Material Kit

Create a website inspired by Google's Material Design system

All of the interface elements in this great UI kit have been restyled to fit with Google's Material Design system. There are 60 components as well as three fully coded example pages to get you started in this free UI kit. The $79 pro version includes 1000 components, seven plugins and 11 example pages.

04. Elate

Smart, modern layout

This theme gives you a modern one-page layout with subtle hover animations, gradient backgrounds and some slight, sensibly-used parallax scrolling effects. It offers four ready-to-use styles as part of the free package.

05. DashGum – Free Dashboard

A visually pleasing and functional dashboard

DashGum – Free Dashboard uses a great colour palette, elegant fonts and a smart layout to produce a design that's both visually appealing and functional. A lot of information fits into this dashboard without feeling cluttered, and you get charts, panels, tables, calendars, notifications and more with the free version. 

06. Initio

Build a company or personal site that gets straight to the point

This is a fairly classic design for a personal or company portfolio that gets straight to point and delivers a lot of information without requiring a scrolling marathon from the user, including a bold call to action box.

07. Creative

This free Bootstrap theme has subtle scrolling animations

This free, one-page Bootstrap theme has flexible options, including custom button styles. It also includes a full-page image header banner with vertically centred content and subtle scrolling animations, which look fantastic. With rich features and plugins, you can use it as a boilerplate for your next project.

08. Cardio One Page Template

Get a fitness-type feel with this free Bootstrap theme

As the name implies, this is another one-page Bootstrap theme that offers a clean yet colourful look. Although this template has a 'gym related theme', it has the potential to work for other industries as well. There's even a live typing effect in the header.

09. Freelancer

This free Bootstrap theme does exactly what it says on the tin

Great for freelancers, this one-page Bootstrap theme has a lot of features such as flat icons and fixed top navigation that collapses on scroll. Also, the font choices for this theme are easy on the eyes.

10. Pratt Theme

This theme is a nice clean example

If you're looking for something simple to use for a landing page or coming soon web space, here's a great template from Carlos Alvarez of BlackTie. Its demo version hosts annotated screengrabs and simple buttons that show off an app product.

11. Magister

This free Bootstrap theme is simple with nice transitions

Quite possibly the purest theme on the list, Magister by Sergey Pozhilov offers a beautifully simple design that's ideal for portfolios and coming soon pages. The subtle animation between page changes gives this template a nice touch.

12. Simple Sidebar

Get a simple sidebar with the Simple Sidebar theme

If you need a simple sidebar page menu layout, this Bootstrap theme gets the job done. One of the great features of this theme is the off-canvas navigation toggling on smaller screens.

13. SB Admin 2

This template is great for dashboards

Another admin theme, this one includes sidebars with multi-level dropdowns and active classes. Also included is a Bootstrap chat widget and login page. This template is great for a dashboard site or web app.

14. Studio – One Page Theme

This free Bootstrap theme has some neat parallax scrolling

Another one-pager from BlackTie, this free Bootstrap theme features parallax scrolling and uses Font Awesome 4.0.3. With a few modifications, this template can be used for a variety of industries.

Contributions: Creative Bloq Staff

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