Workbench: a free website template for tradespeople
A fast, one-page website for carpenters, landscapers, painters, handymen and other trades. It is built to get a customer to call you or ask for an estimate, and it works on a phone in bright sunlight. Free for your own business or for clients, with no sign-up.
What you get
Made to get the phone to ring
A big tap-to-call button, a call bar that stays on phones, and a quote form that emails you.
Five colors and dark mode
Choose yellow, orange, green, blue or brick red. Dark mode follows the visitor’s phone or computer.
Fast and private
Under 200 KB. Nothing is loaded from other websites, there are no trackers, and it works with JavaScript turned off.
Easy to read outdoors
Large type, strong contrast and clear focus outlines. It passed an automated accessibility scan in every color, in light and dark.
Edit it in a text editor
Plain HTML and CSS, with the settings you will want to change at the top of one file. Nothing to install and nothing to build.
Honest by design
The sample reviews are flagged so nobody publishes made-up testimonials by accident, and a before-you-publish checklist comes with it.
The whole page
A home page, a thank-you page and a 404 page, all in the same style. Here is the home page from top to bottom.
Five colors, light and dark
Change one word to switch color. Dark mode follows the visitor’s phone or computer, or you can lock it to light or dark.
Built for phones first
Most customers will find you on a phone. A call bar stays at the bottom of the screen, and the menu still works with JavaScript off.
Set it up in an afternoon
Download and unzip
Open index.html to see the sample site, then open the same files in a text editor.
Swap in your details
Replace the sample business name, phone number, towns, words and photos. The README lists exactly what to search for.
Upload and test
Upload the files to your web host, put your email address in contact.php, and send yourself a test request.
Good to know
- It is one page. There is no online booking, shop or blog.
- The quote form needs a web host that runs PHP, which most do. Without PHP you can use a form service, or just a phone number.
- It was tested automatically in Chromium and on Apache servers. Please try it on your own phone before you publish. The README says what was and was not tested.
License
Workbench uses the MIT license. In plain English: use it, change it, use it for clients, even share or sell your own version, as long as you keep the copyright line. The two fonts are free under the SIL Open Font License, and their license comes with the files.
Made by Creig Boyd Jr. of TheHandyDev, who has spent more than 20 years in the building trades.
- File
- workbench-free-template-v1.0.zip
- Version
- 1.0, updated November 8, 2026
- Size
- 142 KB (145,162 bytes)
- SHA-256
8da4175ce78e3f5430de322aeddd57388a29b644e2ee2c25836ed1e924faefc7
Want it done for you?
If you would rather skip the setup, I build custom websites for tradespeople. Tell me about your business and I will tell you what it would take.
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