11 minimal Webflow templates compared — Landon, Format, Reflect, Draft, Accent, Jonas, Jonas Dark, Notes, Scribe, Darkfolio, and Simplefolio. Light and dark options, prices from $24 to $49. From pure neutral portfolios to studio-feel sites with writing sections.
Most “minimal” Webflow templates aren’t. A marble texture, a gradient hero, some floating label animations — and the description still says minimal. Minimal means the work carries the page. The eleven picks here all pass that test.
Prices run from $24 to $49.
The clearest whitespace statement in my Webflow collection. The grid sits loose on the page — nothing competes with the work, and the hover transitions are smooth enough to feel considered without drawing attention to themselves.
No blog, no newsletter form, no CMS for writing. That’s deliberate. If you need those, start with Reflect or Notes instead.
Freelancers who want their portfolio to feel like a designed object. Anyone whose position on whitespace is a value statement, not an absence of ideas.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
The most stripped-back option on this list. No hover reveals beyond opacity, no decorative elements — a clean project grid, solid type, a contact page. At $29 it’s the best-value entry point in the collection.
The trade-off is character. Format is a neutral container, not a designed object. If Landon still feels too styled for what you need, this is the answer.
Designers who want their work to carry the entire page. Anyone for whom the template having aesthetic opinions of its own would be a problem.
$29 · Webflow marketplace
The most personal-feeling template on this list. It handles writing, project work, and an about section without any of the three feeling secondary — which most multi-section portfolio templates fail at.
Quieter than Landon. If Landon reads as “designer portfolio,” Reflect reads as “creative practice.”
Designers and photographers who write alongside their practice. Anyone who wants a site that feels like a practice rather than a portfolio.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
Studio feel. Deliberate negative space, a type scale that sits heavier than a standard portfolio template without tipping into editorial. The name is accurate — it reads like something designed with care but not laboured over.
More personality than Format or Landon without being decorative. The right call if a neutral container feels like a missed opportunity but a full editorial template feels too busy.
Small design studios and creative practices whose site should read as a designed artefact. Anyone for whom Landon feels too spare but Notes feels too busy.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
Sits between Format and Landon. More typographic detail than Format — a deliberate heading scale, some horizontal rhythm in the layout — without tipping into decorative. The accent details read as part of the system, not ornament.
At $29 it’s good value for a template with this much typographic thought behind it.
Designers who want a minimal portfolio with some typographic character. A step above the generic portfolio template without committing to a full editorial aesthetic.
$29 · Webflow marketplace
Jonas uses horizontal scroll navigation — most of the portfolio lives in a single scrolling row. It’s a distinctive structural choice that reads as confident when the work fills it. The editorial type treatment is the strongest thing about it at this price.
Honest note: horizontal scroll doesn’t work for every project type. If your case studies run long vertically or carry a lot of prose, the structure fights you. It’s built for image-led portfolios.
Photographers, visual designers, and art directors with primarily image-based portfolios. Anyone for whom a conventional vertical scroll feels ordinary.
$29 · Webflow marketplace
Dark counterpart to Jonas. Same horizontal scroll structure, same editorial type scale — inverted. Black background, considered light-on-dark typography, consistent throughout. At $29 it’s the most affordable dark minimal portfolio on this list.
The same limitation applies: built for image-led work. Long case studies and prose-heavy portfolios don’t sit comfortably in the horizontal format.
Photographers and visual designers who want a dark portfolio without paying a premium for it.
$29 · Webflow marketplace
Built for studios that publish alongside their portfolio and want both sections to feel first-class. The blog and portfolio share the same grid logic. There’s no section that looks like a bolt-on.
More visually present than the pure portfolio templates here. The right fit if writing is a regular part of how you work.
Design studios and creative freelancers who write regularly and want the writing section to match the quality of the portfolio.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
Writing-first. Comfortable reading column, neutral palette, a CMS archive that handles hundreds of posts without the homepage layout breaking. Built for writers who want the page as considered as the writing — without the template competing with the words.
No portfolio section. If you need to show project work alongside writing, Notes or Reflect are the better starting points.
Solo writers, indie publishers, and content-led teams whose site lives or dies by the reading experience.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
The most dramatic template on this list. Full-screen cover image on the homepage, black background throughout, grid hover reveals with strong contrast. Minimal in restraint — no gradients, no decorative elements — but present in a way most dark templates aren’t.
The full-screen cover image is a design commitment. If you don’t have a strong hero photograph, the layout loses its impact. That’s the honest trade-off.
Photographers, motion designers, and creative directors with strong hero imagery. Anyone whose work looks better on black than on white.
$49 · Webflow marketplace
The simplest option here. Static pages, no CMS, no hover reveals — a clean project grid, individual project pages, a contact form. It’s not missing features it should have. It’s designed around not having them.
At $24 it’s the cheapest template on this list. The right call if you want to be live quickly and don’t need a CMS.
Anyone who wants a live portfolio quickly without learning Webflow’s CMS. Junior designers, students, or anyone who updates their portfolio a few times a year.
$24 · Webflow marketplace
The main split is light vs dark. Jonas, Format, Landon, Simplefolio, Accent, Reflect, Draft, Notes, and Scribe are all light-mode. Jonas Dark and Darkfolio are dark throughout — neither has a light toggle.
After that, think about what the site needs to do.
Portfolio only, no writing — Landon, Format, Accent, or Simplefolio.
Portfolio plus writing — Reflect or Notes.
Writing-first site — Scribe.
Studio feel over pure neutral — Draft.
Image-led work, unconventional layout — Jonas or Jonas Dark.
Strong hero photography, dramatic dark aesthetic — Darkfolio.
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Quick checklist before you start customising:
Minimal means the design works through restraint — no gradients, no layered textures, no animations that exist for their own sake. Layout, typography, and whitespace do the work. Most templates that describe themselves as minimal aren’t. The ones here are.
Scribe, Reflect, Notes, and any template with a CMS need a Webflow Site plan. The CMS plan starts around $23/month billed annually. Simplefolio is fully static and can run on a cheaper plan. The template is a one-time purchase. The hosting plan is the ongoing cost.
Landon, Format, Accent, Jonas, Jonas Dark, and Simplefolio don’t include a CMS blog. You can add one by creating a CMS collection in Webflow and building a blog layout, but it’s a full day of work. If writing matters from day one, start with Reflect, Notes, or Scribe.
Not technically harder, but they’re less forgiving with imagery. Light templates work with most placeholder photography. Dark templates need strong, high-contrast images — low-quality photos look obviously wrong on a black background. If your photography is strong, dark templates often look better than light ones.
Same structure, inverted palette. Jonas is light-mode with editorial type on white; Jonas Dark is the same layout on black. The best way to decide is to open both preview sites and see which direction your work looks better in. At $29 each, buying both to compare costs less than most single templates on this list.
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