Underscores.me Alternatives

Underscores.me is described as 'Hi. I'm a starter theme called _s, or underscores, if you like. I'm a theme meant for hacking so don't use me as a Parent Theme. Instead try turning me into the next, most awesome, WordPress theme out there. That's what I'm here for' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to Underscores.me for Self-Hosted solutions and Wordpress. The best alternative is Wordless, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Underscores.me are Sage (WordPress starter theme), JointsWP, HTML5 Blank and Forme Framework.

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Underscores.me

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Hi. I'm a starter theme called _s, or underscores, if you like. I'm a theme meant for hacking so don't use me...

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Wordless
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Wordless is an opinionated WordPress plugin that dramatically speeds up and enhances your custom themes creation. Some of its features are:

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Sage (WordPress starter theme)
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8 alternatives to Sage (WordPress starter theme)
WordPress starter theme that lets you build better themes faster with improved development tools.
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Sass for stylesheets
Webpack for compiling assets, optimizing
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JointsWP
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8 alternatives to JointsWP
JointsWP is a blank WordPress theme built with Foundation 6, giving you all the power and flexibility you need to build complex, mobile friendly websites without starting from scratch.

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HTML5 Blank
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8 alternatives to HTML5 Blank
The HTML5 Blank WordPress theme offers annotated support throughout the code, basic & advanced functions, very minimal mark-up and extremely neat & easy to read code.

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Forme Framework
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8 alternatives to Forme Framework
The framework that knocks WordPress into shape.

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Timber (WordPress plugin)
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8 alternatives to Timber (WordPress plugin)
Plugin to write WordPress themes w object-oriented code and the Twig Template Engine.
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Twig Templating
FoundationPress
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8 alternatives to FoundationPress
FoundationPress is a starter-theme for WordPress based on Foundation 6, the most advanced responsive (mobile-first) framework in the world. The purpose of FoundationPress, is to act as a small and handy toolbox that contains the essentials needed to build any design.

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Themosis Framework
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8 alternatives to Themosis Framework
The Themosis framework is a tool aimed to WordPress developers of any levels. But the better WordPress and PHP knowledge you have the easier it is to work with.

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