unvibe
An open-source checker for websites that look templated.
- Drawing
- DWG 05
- Revision
- 0.1
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Author
- Status
- Public
- Type
- Tools, Web, Open source
- Tools
- Node.js, React, TypeScript, GitHub Actions
A command-line tool, a short guide and a set of React motion components, built from what I changed to make this site stop looking like a template. Run it on any project and it points at the stock copy, stock colour and stock motion, with the line and a fix.
Why
The first versions of this site and the Young Man's Services site worked, but both looked templated. The code was never the problem; the defaults were: buzzwords, em-dashes, gradients, and photos sliding in from the sides.
Fixing that took a list of specific changes, so I turned the list into a tool anyone can run.
What is in it
- C
Checker
A zero-dependency Node CLI with 16 rules across copy, colour and motion. It prints the line, the reason and a fix, and exits with an error so it can gate a build.
- G
Guide
Eight short chapters on content, copy, colour, type, layout, motion, details and checking, with a one-page checklist.
- M
Motion
The fade-up reveal, heading rise, rolling text and drafting cursor from this site, packaged as React components with no other dependencies.
Build
- Run it
- npx github:BuruCebe/unvibe ./src
- Rules
- Placeholder text, dead links, missing reduced-motion support, buzzwords, em-dashes, invented stats, gradient text, side-slide animations and more
- Tests
- Node's built-in test runner, with a deliberately bad fixture and a clean one; CI on every push
- License
- MIT
