Balboa
Balboa is a Squarespace theme by Squarespace (Free). Tested on 2026-10-28 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 60 for mobile speed and 82 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 91/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile60
Desktop82
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 60 | 82 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 91 | 94 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 12 times since 2026-10-07 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Balboa home page
Mobile
Speed 60 · 40 points to gain
- −24.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −5.5 Speed Index medium effort
- −1.2 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 2.0 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 600 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 91 · 9 points to gain
- −6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −2.6 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 82 · 18 points to gain
- −9.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.3 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −1.8 Speed Index medium effort
- 250 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −4.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Balboa default demo ↗ | 60 | 92 | 91 | 82 | 92 | 94 | 2026-10-28 |
| home ↗ | 60 | 92 | 91 | 82 | 92 | 94 | 2026-10-28 |
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