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# Kern

Free Editorial Portfolio Template

[Get for free](https://framer.com/marketplace/templates/kern/?via=elliot-li)

## Summary

Kern — Free Portfolio Framer Template A Swiss-editorial system built for designers, developers, and freelancers who want a portfolio that carries the same craft as the work inside…

## Description

## Kern — Free Portfolio Framer Template

A Swiss-editorial system built for designers, developers, and freelancers who want a portfolio that carries the same craft as the work inside it. Every section has a clear purpose — nothing is there to fill space.

### Pages

Five fully designed, responsive, CMS-connected pages:

-   Homepage — Hero, Selected Work, About, Services, and Contact in one editorial scroll
    
-   Projects Archive — filterable grid powered by Framer CMS
    
-   Project Page — full case study with hero image, content blocks, testimonial, and deliverables
    
-   Contact Page — single-screen, with email, socials, and availability status
    
-   404 Page
    

### Features

-   Framer CMS connected — projects, services, and content editable without touching a frame
    
-   Filterable project archive by service category
    
-   Watery reveal hover interaction on the hero image, built as a custom Framer code component
    
-   Fully responsive across desktop, tablet, and mobile
    
-   Swiss editorial type system — six heading levels, two body sizes, full responsive scale
    
-   CMS project fields: name, description, client, year, duration, location, overview, approach, up to six deliverables, live link, images, optional testimonial
    
-   Scroll entrance animations, hover states, page transitions
    
-   SEO ready — semantic headings, meta titles and descriptions pre-configured
    

### Why Kern

Most free portfolio templates give you layouts. Kern gives you a design system — tight grids, deliberate typography, restrained color, one accent used with precision, applied consistently across every page.

Free, because great portfolio design shouldn't be a privilege. Take it, make it yours.

**Support:** [aathif.design@gmail.com](mailto:aathif.design@gmail.com)

Enjoying Kern? A short testimonial sent to that email would mean a lot.

## Rank history [How rankings work →](/terms#rankings)

-   Modern · #38
-   All · #83
-   Light · #16
-   Free Website Templates · #45
-   Designers · #40

## Details

- **Author**: Aathif Thajudeen
- **Published**: 2026-04-30
- **Updated**: 2026-08-05
- **Added**: 2026-04-08
- **Categories**: Free Website Templates, Personal, Portfolio, Professional Services
- **Styles**: Black and White, Grid, Light, Minimal, Modern
- **Features**: Appear Effects, CMS, Code Components, Layout Templates, Text Effects, Variable Fonts

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