Ruft

Author: Colorlib

Updated: October 2026 · v3.0.1

Credits: Images from Unsplash

Ruft is a travel journal website template with its original purple surf hero, serif headings and editorial layout. Story archives, topic filters, long-form pages and a reading planner give the journal a coherent structure.

What’s new in 3.0

• Suitable original coastal, water and reef photography remains; wide backgrounds stay within native dimensions.
• Searchable stories, topic browsing, an editor’s desk, contributor roles, a visual notebook and a local reading-time planner.
• Average transferred data per measured page: 3.57 MB across 6 original pages to 0.83 MB across 20 current pages; zero third-party requests.
• Bootstrap 5.3.8, vanilla JavaScript, self-hosted fonts and Lucide icons.
• Accessible navigation, visible focus and consistent supporting pages across mobile and desktop.
• AVIF images with original-format fallbacks; suitable original imagery retained and bounded on wide screens.
• Contact forms include labelled fields and readable feedback; email delivery requires configuration on a PHP host.