Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Tonik - Turbocharge your WordPress theme development

An open source starter theme with CLI, ES6, Webpack & more

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tonik - Turbocharge your WordPress theme development launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Chipmunk WordPress Theme▲276
Building a curated content website has never been easier!
2016 · chipmunktheme.com · its alternatives →
2
Kirki▲209
WordPress finally has a freeform canvas website builder.
May 2026 · kirki.com · its alternatives →
3
Layers▲322
A simple Wordpress site builder & its free forever
2015 · layerswp.com · its alternatives →
4
ThemeMunk▲5
Simplifying WordPress
2016 · its alternatives →
5
Brizy▲151
The effortless way to build WordPress websites visually
2018 · brizy.io · its alternatives →
6
Thrive Themes▲93
Conversion-oriented themes and plugins for Wordpress
2015 · thrivethemes.com · its alternatives →
7
Unicode WordPress Theme▲126
A minimal, high-performance WordPress theme for writers
2015 · its alternatives →
8
Layers Themes▲111
WordPress site builder that makes site creation quick & easy
2015 · its alternatives →
9
Patchstack▲129
Patch your WordPress stack
2021 · patchstack.com · its alternatives →
10
Nada WordPress Theme▲99
No-features & simple so you can focus on content.
2015 · its alternatives →
11
Bloggist WordPress Theme▲82
A simple & elegant blog theme for WordPress
2023 · superbthemes.com · its alternatives →
12
Theme Redone - WordPress starter theme▲5
The modern starter for creating Gutenberg-oriented websites.
2022 · its alternatives →
13
Bathe▲2
The simplest WordPress starter theme.
2020 · ixkaito.github.io · its alternatives →
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Theme Juice – A desktop app for local WordPress development▲9
This whole product really is a labor of love to the WordPress community from myself. I've always wanted to somehow be a part of pushing the WordPress community towards using modern build tools, package management, version control and of course, proper deployments. What started as a tiny command line script that automated my own personal local dev workflow and has since grown into a rather robust WordPress development toolkit, handling everything from configuring a dev environment, wrangling build tools, all the way to painless SSH deployments. Though it hasn't gained much traction, I believe…
2016 · its alternatives →
15
Roots.io▲7
Modern WordPress Development Tools
2019 · roots.io · its alternatives →
16
WeCodeArt WP Theme Framework▲3
WordPress Starter theme built on Gutenberg and Bootstrap
2019 · its alternatives →
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Blogic for WordPress, instantly create a WP theme matching your website▲20
2011 · blog.blogic.com · its alternatives →
18
GutenKit▲36
Ultimate No-Code Page Builder Blocks For Gutenberg
2024 · wpgutenkit.com · its alternatives →
19
WPtolik WordPress Theme▲4
Modern, high-performance, no-features WordPress theme.
2016 · wptolik.com · its alternatives →
20
Brubeck V2▲6
A free simple, minimalist blogging Wordpress theme.
2017 · grovepixels.com · its alternatives →
21
DevCodex for WordPress▲3
A developer's toolkit for WordPress themes and plugins
Apr 2026 · devcodex.blog · its alternatives →
22
Sage▲5
WordPress starter theme with a modern front-end workflow.
2017 · roots.io · its alternatives →
23
Best Wordpress Theme for Blogging▲5
Utillz delivers premium WordPress themes like Brikk & Heilz
2025 · utillz.com · its alternatives →
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Classico - Crafted for WordPress▲7
Clean, Classic & Minimal Theme for WordPress. And It's Free.
2018 · akshitsethi.com · its alternatives →

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