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Scaffold a 1990s Geocities-themed static website

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Why This Matters

This tool enables developers and enthusiasts to quickly recreate the nostalgic look and feel of 1990s Geocities websites, making it easier to explore retro web design or incorporate vintage aesthetics into modern projects. Its simplicity and cross-platform compatibility lower the barrier for creating themed static sites, fostering creativity and preserving web history. For consumers, it offers a fun, interactive way to experience the early days of the internet from their browsers.

Key Takeaways

🌐 geocities-boilerplate

Scaffold a complete 1990s Geocities-themed static website in seconds.

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What is this?

geocities-boilerplate is a CLI tool that generates a fully self-contained, retro 1990s Geocities-style personal website. Think neon colors, blinking text, animated star trails, marquee banners, visitor counters, and guestbooks — all of it, generated instantly with a single command.

The generated site is pure static HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript. No build tools, no frameworks, no dependencies. Just open index.html in any browser and relive the golden age of the web.

Quick Start

# one-shot with pipx (recommended — no permanent install) pipx run create-geocities-app my-site # or install permanently pip install create-geocities-app create-geocities-app my-site

Then open my-site/index.html in your browser. That's it!

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