Httpster is a web-based design inspiration platform that curates and showcases high-quality, hand-selected websites from across the internet. It focuses on visual design excellence, highlighting real-world examples of modern web experiences including minimal, typographic, brutalist, and experimental styles.

The platform operates as a continuously updated gallery where each featured website is chosen for its aesthetic quality, layout composition, typography, and overall creative direction. Rather than aggregating every submission, Httpster maintains a strong editorial curation approach, emphasizing taste-driven selection over quantity.

Each entry in the gallery represents a live website, allowing users to explore real implementations of design trends and interaction patterns. The platform organizes content by style and design characteristics, making it easier to browse examples that match specific visual directions or creative needs.

Httpster has been active for many years and has built a large archive of thousands of featured websites. It is widely used by designers, developers, and creative professionals as a reference library for inspiration, particularly when exploring minimal and editorial web design approaches.

Key features include:

• Curated gallery of real, live websites
• Strong focus on minimal, typographic, and brutalist design styles
• Editorial selection of high-quality web experiences
• Large archive of thousands of design references
• Simple browsing interface for fast inspiration discovery

Common use cases include:

• Finding inspiration for web design projects
• Studying typography and layout systems
• Exploring modern UI/UX trends
• Benchmarking creative websites
• Researching minimal or experimental design approaches

Httpster is independently curated and maintained as a long-running design inspiration project founded by Dominic Whittle, with a focus on showcasing exceptional web design from around the world.