Ultimate List of Best Free Genesis Child Themes (Updated)

Here’s the ultimate and updated list of best free genesis themes. Preview and download these free Genesis child themes for your blog and other projects.

Please, note that I have curated these free Genesis themes alphabetically. Therefore, the ones at the top may not necessarily be the best themes. Moreover, I’ve tried to use terms (magazine, personal, blog etc) in order to help you find the theme as per your project requirements. However, you still need to click on theme links to see it for yourself. Wherever possible, I have also mentioned the date of release of the themes so that you know how old they are. This might be important information for those looking for free Genesis theme with latest features.

Adaptation by Aaron Hartland: Sporting a simple design, Adaptation might fit the bill if you’re looking for Genesis magazine theme featuring a front page with two column design.
Alpha Aero by Ryan Bishop: Alpha Aero is a very simple theme. Since it was designed in 2014, some might find it a bit old fashioned in terms of design.
Amazing Times by Brad Potter: Ideal for personal blog, Amazing Times is available for download on Github. It doesn’t have a live demo link as such.

Base by Bill Erickson: Released in 2011, Base is quite an old theme built using HTML4. Ideal if you want to take it on a test drive and improve upon the existing code.

BreakPoint by Bradley Potter: BreakPoint is a fairly old Genesis theme released in 2013. Available on Github for download.

Charisma by Cristian Antohe: Built in 2013, Charisma is a free Genesis theme for personal blogging purposes.

Concise by Calvin Koepke: Concise is a free Genesis child theme that is simplistic and minimal in design. It is from clutter so your readers can concentrate on the content.

Dedicated by Harish Dasari: Dedicated is a simple Genesis theme for personal blogging. Download the theme on Github.

Fluid by Nick Croft: Fluid theme is an innovative theme design featuring a “fluid width” that will adapt to any browser.
Fresh by Restored 316: Fresh boasts a modern and clean design with pretty color and font combinations, suitable for a wide range of projects.
Fremedy by Themedy: Fremedy is a clean and minimalist magazine theme suitable both for personal blogging and magazine style.

Genesis Sample by Studio Press: Released by StudioPress, Genesis Sample is the most popular Genesis theme. It’s also the most popular Genesis Starter theme among all Genesis starter themes.
Genesis CRM by Bill Erickson: Genesis CRM, released in 2011, features with CRM (Customer Relationship Management) feature integrated within itself.

Greetings by Harish Dasari: Greetings is a simple Genesis theme meant for personal blogging. It’s available for download on Github.

Hello Miminal by Tonya Mork: Hello Minimal features a clean and modular design making ideal for your personal blogging purposes.

Jemma by Aaron Hartland: Jemma is a simple free Genesis theme meant for personal blogging.
Journal by Rafal Tomal: Journal sports an innovative and lightweight design meant for personal blogging.

Latitude by Aaron Hartland: Latitude features a simple design and is ideal for personal blogging.
Letter by Calvin Koepke: Letter is a simple and minimalist Genesis theme idea for personal blogging.
League Pro by League WP: League Pro is ideal for small and start-up companies.

Minny+ by Calvin Koepke: Minny+ is a no-sidebar, minimalist and clean theme that is ideal for modern blogging.

Novo by ZigZag Press: Novo is a mobile-ready, SEO optimized theme with modern flat design and minimalist style.
Nominal by Eli Overbey: Nominal is a minimalist Genesis child theme featuring custom header and custom featured images.

One Pager by Sridhar Katakam: One Pager is a single page website featuring several horizontal sections with nav menu items scrolling smoothly to their corresponding sections.

Persevero by WPBeginner: Released in 2012, Perservero is a free Genesis child theme offered by WP Beginner.

Sinatra by Josh Stauffer: Sinatra is a nice looking theme with traditional blogging style and layout. Also, check out Transchild.
Starter Theme by Calvin Koepke: Starter Theme by Calvin Koepke is ideal for developing a custom theme. It includes starter SCSS files and a Gulp task file.

Tasty by Jared Atchison: Tasty is a Genesis child theme that provides full link management. Like Delicious, but tasty.
Twenty of Time by Friso van Dijk: Twenty of Time features a clean and minimal layout which makes it ideal for personal blogging.
Tote by Themedy: Tote is a Tumbler like theme with infinite scrolling.