40 Beautiful Free HTML5 & CSS3 Templates

Over the last few years there has been great collections of quality free HTML & CSS templates published on Noupe such as 50 Free High-Quality and “New” (X)HTML/CSS Templates (2009) and 40+ Elegant Free CSS/(X)HTML Templates (2010). There have been some great free templates released over the last year so we thought it would be appropriate to share some of these great new designs with you all. In web development, it's important to move with the times and embrace the latest changes. As such, all of the templates listed in this article were designed using HTML5 and CSS3; both of which will help future proof your website and make them more accessible.

The Templates

1. HTML5 Theme A minimal looking grey and pink design that comes packaged with an Ajax powered PHP contact form. Info & Download | Demo 2. OWMX-1 A beautiful clean two column design that would be perfect for a blog. Info & Download 3. DesignStudio A grunge styled website that is suitable for a portfolio or a blog. Info & Download | Demo 4. SilverBlog A great looking clean blog template that has been also ported to WordPress. Info & Download | Demo 5. Clean Red A clean HTML5 powered template that could be used for a portfolio or blog. The download includes the original Photoshop PSD file. Info & Download | Demo 6. CoffeeCols A magazine style template that features rounded corners and comes packaged with an inner template too. Info & Download 7. Design Company Website A beautiful corporate style website that features its own gallery page. It also supports custom fonts. Info & Download 8. Minimalism A simple corporate style design that has beautiful typography. Info & Download | Demo 9. Serenity A one column template that features an image slider on the home page. Info & Download 10. Vibrant Professional Web Design A bright and colourful corporate style template. Info & Download 12. High Five A beautiful free template that could be used for a blog or portfolio website. The original Photoshop PSD file is included in the download file. Info & Download | Demo 13. Business Project A black and green corporate style template that features a jQuery slider on the home page. Info & Download | Demo 14. Single-Page Portfolio A fantastic single-page portfolio template that comes packaged with the original Photoshop PSD files. Info & Download | Demo 15. Studio One Another great template from CSS Heaven, this corporate style template features a jQuery slider on the home page and includes a portfolio section. Info & Download | Demo 16. Memoir A Japanese inspired free template that would be perfect for a personal blog. Info & Download | Demo 17. Simple Style 7 A fixed width 5 page template that uses Google fonts. Info & Download 18. Night Club A well designed template that was created specifically for night clubs. The photoshop PSD file can be downloaded if you sign up to the TemplateMonster newsletter. Info & Download | Demo 19. Small Business A small business template that also includes an about and services page. Info & Download | Demo 20. Cooking Site A tremendous recipe template that has a featured post slider on the home page. Info & Download | Demo 21. VividPhoto A beautiful photography template from Pritesh Gupta that allows visitors to browse images at the bottom of the page. Info & Download | Demo 22. Shinra A fresh corporate style that uses Google fonts and comes with contact, gallery and portfolio templates. Info & Download | Demo 23. One Page Portfolio A simple backwards compatible one page portfolio template. Info & Download | Demo 24. ArchiteXture A simple 2 column template that would be suitable for a small business website. Info & Download 27. OnlineSolutions A 3 column orange template that is suitable for a business website. Info & Download 28. Touch The Future An elegant free template design that includes a tutorial that explains how the theme was designed. Info & Download | Demo 30. Restaurant Beautiful typography and a good looking jQuery slider on the home page make this a great template for a restaurant website. Info & Download | Demo 31. HTML5 Admin Template An advanced HTML5 admin template that can be used for creating a feature rich dashboard for your admin area. Info & Download | Demo 32. HTML5 Admin Another great HTML powered admin template that can be used as a template for your own project. Info & Download | Demo 33. 52framework Includes a simple HTML5 page, feature full HTML5 page and form, grid and CSS frameworks. Info & Download | Demo 34. One-Page Template A great looking blue one page template that uses jQuery to slide to different sections of the page. Info & Download | Demo 35. Lifebook A simple yet fun blogging template that features rounded corners. Info & Download | Demo 36. PKE Meter Create your own iPhone app website using this useful free template. The HTML5 code and graphical design are explained in full to help you understand the template better. Info & Download | Demo 37. HTML5 Starter Pack Contains photoshop designs, reusable CSS classes, javascript and more to help you create your own HTML5 powered website. 39. Nova An HTML5 template that comes with 5 page templates, featured post slider, contact form and an image and video gallery. Info & Download | Demo 40. Kroft Includes 6 background images, 6 page templates, homepage slideshow and social media integration. The photoshop PSD file can also be downloaded. Info & Download | Demo

In Closing

That just about finishes things off, but before we go, we wanted to get ask for your feedback. Hopefully you found something in the collection that got you excited. If so, what was it? What's your favourite HTML5 and CSS3 powered template, even if it wasn't included in this list? Feel free to use the comment section to fill us in. (rb)