Jan 15, 2026 17:00:00

'WebTiles' is a collection of personal websites reminiscent of the old Internet, organized into small 250 x 250 tiles

WebTiles is a platform that can display up to 250 x 250 (62,500) personal websites represented by square tiles. Creator

dimden explains his reason for creating WebTiles: 'My goal is to create beautiful, engaging tiles that make exploring the indie web easy and fun.'

WebTiles
https://webtiles.kicya.net/

When you open WebTiles, various personal sites are displayed as square tiles, as shown below. In addition to the website, a chat is displayed in the lower right corner of the screen, allowing you to freely interact with users accessing WebTiles.

There is a slider bar at the bottom left of the screen, which you can move left and right to zoom in and out. When you move the slider all the way to the left, it looks like this: A large number of tiles are displayed on the screen, but it seems to take a long time for each tile to load, and some tiles remained blank even after waiting several minutes.

When you click on a tile, the website URL will be displayed at the bottom. Click 'Take' to open the website directly, or click 'Link' to copy the URL.

The tiles can be freely customized using HTML/CSS/JS. Some simply display an image, but in the case of the tiles below, clicking the icon labeled 'prefetcher.net' takes you to a personal website , while clicking the icon labeled 'Bluesky' takes you to the creator's Bluesky account .

The ' Pianoverse ' tile allowed you to play the piano by clicking the keys.

On the social message board Hacker News , comments included, 'I'm amazed that these 'little websites' lovingly made by such nice people have already been turned into tiles. Looking at these interesting tiles makes me feel like I'm looking through a time portal to 2001. It's an amazing feeling,' and 'It reminds me of The Million Dollar Homepage - the old internet that will probably never come back,' while others praised the idea , saying, 'This is a really great idea ! In this age of maximum indexing and centralization, our 'corners of the internet' feel increasingly opaque and cobwebby. Projects like this are a really cool way to bring back some of the magic of the past.'