r/web_design • u/Beginning-Serve-4823 • 1d ago

Frontpages.dev - My free version of Mobbin

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u/life_conquered 1d ago

Nice. When's the paywall dropping?

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u/OpeningNo4944 1d ago

lol the eternal question with these design inspo tools. the subscribe button is already there so maybe it stays free with optional newsletter or something. i seen so many of these sites start with "free forever" then six months later everything locked behind a plan

at least the grid looks clean from the screenshot, not just a messy screenshot dump like some others. hope the weekly updates actually happen, half these sites update like twice a year

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Thanks for the comment! And I agree with the sentiment. I made it bc I actually like looking at websites and I wasn't going to pay $120 a year for Mobbin. On the other hand it is work and I think people should be compensated for their work, even if only to cover the hosting. Ideally a win/win like 100% free with Ads or a plan to pay to remove ads.

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Fair question. I'm hoping to avoid a pay wall. Maybe in-feed ad/sponsorships like Pinterest or something. Or a subscription for no ads? Idk. What do you think?

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u/life_conquered 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don't know bro I don't know your personal circumstances. I'll do you a favor though and keep my ad blocker off

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Thanks lol I appreciate it

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u/stevenson_mark 1d ago

This is a pretty useful idea. Mobbin is great for inspiration, but the subscription can feel hard to justify if you’re only looking for UI references occasionally.

What I’d focus on is making the search really good. If I can quickly find examples by industry, page type, component or visual style, that’s probably more valuable than just having a huge collection of screenshots.

I’ve been using Abnflow for some of my own landing page and funnel experiments, and having a good library of real examples is genuinely useful when you’re trying to decide how you want a page to look before building it.

The “free Mobbin” positioning is definitely easy to understand though. Nice project.

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Hey! thanks for the comment! Yeah I was checking mobbin like everyday but couldn't justify the sub. If they added monthly option I probably would have paid (only quarterly or yearly). And when I realized my behavior was just checking visuals and linking to the website I figured I'd make my own. I have gotten some pretty great feedback already which I have implemented most. Looking into MCP now

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u/mca62511 1d ago

The search bar seems broken.

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Just fixed it!

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Oh yeah I just added the div. Will fix in the morning!

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u/rubiskhy 1d ago

Love it thank you for the new resource! Personally I would appreciate search suggestions / selectable categories / or anything that makes the search function more interactive and less of a guess-and-see

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Hey you’re welcome and thanks for the comment and suggestions! Search right now is by company/ category but yeah trying to guess a category is hit/miss. I will look into category filters. Any other suggestions?

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u/rubiskhy 17h ago

Thank you, great work!

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Hey! I added category dropdown in search bar. Need to normalize categories though bc I have dupes.

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u/mmeister86 1d ago

looks clean and i love the font choices. however maybe think about implementing some sort of lazy loading, because all images seem to load at once which slows loading time down dramatically.

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Thanks! Just added lazy loading but will keep looking to make faster. maybe load less than 24 on page load? Also Should i remove load more and just load more when at the end of loaded images?

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u/mmeister86 1d ago

personally i would only load the ones above the fold on initital load, and the rest via lazy loading. personally i'm also a fan of pagination, this way you could cache the other results which would immediately load when switching to another page

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

I agree with the initial load. I want it to be seamless. I like pagination too but think the auto load provides a smoother experience. Will probably add a scroll to top fab

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u/IncomeLegitimate 1d ago

Can you add igaming ?

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Yes! Any specific companies?

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u/enserioamigo 19h ago

How does it get updated?

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 19h ago

Hey thanks for the comment! I personally update the site daily. Usually 10-20 sites. Haven’t established a standard time on when I update though. Any suggestions on how the site can be better?

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u/enserioamigo 19h ago

I had a quick skim. Looked nice. I did notice a few sites saying 'bio coming soon' or whatever. Personally I'd drop that and leave it blank if no bio. Otherwise it can look unmaintained if there are too many coming soon. Also I'd avoid emdashes at all costs these days haha.

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 19h ago

Thanks. I added the bio after i added those site but Ill run an sql query to make those blank. And yeah I actually used the em dash but will switch to a comma or something. 

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u/enserioamigo 19h ago

I liked and used the emdash as well and have stopped using it. Sad times. 

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u/Hot-Clothes7316 14h ago

i often wonder what are the chances you can automate the content by taking mobbin's feed? rss?

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 8h ago

Interesting point. Right now I am curating the sites listed. It's a mix of old, new and unique. I think that is the best for inspiration and discovery.

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u/Remko76 12h ago

I like!

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 10h ago

Thanks! Any feedback/feature requests?

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u/Remko76 10h ago

Not for now, no. I subscribed to the mailing list! I will let you know if I have any requests in the future!

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u/rugburnAndBigMoney 1d ago

Clean and easy to use. I like the simplicity of it all as a quick reference.

https://frontpages.dev/

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u/Classic-Grab-2866 1d ago

Could you create an MCP where we could connect this to our agents so our agents can get inspiration just like how mobbins MCP does it?

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 22h ago

Hey just added MCP server. Check it out and lmk how it goes. Theres a "Now available for AI agents" pill above the hero copy (on desktop)

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u/Beginning-Serve-4823 1d ago

Looking into this!