Mobile 375 × 812

Desktop 1440 × 900

Score: 80 / 100
Based on 8 categories, 0 sections
The overall score is a weighted average of individual category scores. Categories with more impact on user experience and security carry more weight.
Weights reflect general web best practices. Individual needs may differ.
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Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse.
Key metrics that affect user experience.
First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.
904 ms
Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.
1.20 s
Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.
0 ms
Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.
0.001
Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.
904 ms
Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.
1.20 s
Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.
Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.
Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling
3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.
A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.
| Request | Cache TTL | Transfer Size |
|---|---|---|
| www.kernel.org/theme/fonts/oswald-regular-webfont.woff2 | 0.0 ms | 20.2 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/fonts/oxygen-regular-webfont.woff2 | 0.0 ms | 19.6 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/serverscom.svg | 0.0 ms | 8.0 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/tux.png | 0.0 ms | 7.7 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/normalize.css | 0.0 ms | 7.4 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/main.css | 0.0 ms | 6.5 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/akamai.png | 0.0 ms | 4.7 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/redhat-community.png | 0.0 ms | 3.3 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/google.png | 0.0 ms | 3.0 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/thelinuxfoundation.png | 0.0 ms | 2.6 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/constellix-green-logo.png | 0.0 ms | 2.4 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/fastly-logo.png | 0.0 ms | 1.7 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/icons/downloadarrow_small.png | 0.0 ms | 1.1 KiB |
Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.
Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.
Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.
| URL | Transfer Size | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/normalize.css | 7.4 KiB | 150 ms |
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/main.css | 6.5 KiB |
Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size
| URL | Resource Size | Est Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
body#index > header#banner > div#tux-gear body#index > header#banner > div#tux-gear | www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/tux.png | 7.5 KiB | 5.5 KiB |
Tap interactions may be delayed by up to 300 ms if the viewport is not optimized for mobile.
These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.
Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/normalize.css | 7.4 KiB | 5.5 KiB |
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.
Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
About nav > ul > li > a |
Contact us nav > ul > li > a |
FAQ nav > ul > li > a |
Releases nav > ul > li > a |
Signatures nav > ul > li > a |
Site news nav > ul > li > a |
This site is operated by the Linux Kernel Organization, a 501(c)3 nonprofit cor… body#index > footer#contentinfo > address#about |
Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Link text that is discernible improves the experience for users with low vision. Learn how to make links distinguishable.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
501(c)3 nonprofit corporation body#index > footer#contentinfo > address#about > a |
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
HTTP tbody > tr > td > a |
https://www.kernel.org/pub/ tbody > tr > td > a |
GIT tbody > tr > td > a |
https://git.kernel.org/ tbody > tr > td > a |
RSYNC tbody > tr > td > a |
Git Trees div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Patchwork div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Wikis div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Bugzilla div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Mirrors div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Linux.com div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Site Atom feed div.social > ul > li > a |
Releases Atom Feed div.social > ul > li > a |
Kernel Planet div.social > ul > li > a |
One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
html html |
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
Screen readers have features to make navigating tables easier. Ensuring that `<td>` elements in a large table (3 or more cells in width and height) have an associated table header may improve the experience for screen reader users. Learn more about table headers.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
mainline: 7.0-rc7 2026-04-05 [tarball] [patch] [inc. patch] [view diff] [brows… body#index > aside#featured > article > table#releases |
Image natural dimensions should be proportional to the display size and the pixel ratio to maximize image clarity. Learn how to provide responsive images.
| URL | Displayed size | Actual size | Expected size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Akamai footer#contentinfo > address#donors > a > img#logo-akamai | www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/akamai.png | 135 x 55 | 135 x 55 | 203 x 83 |
The Linux Foundation footer#contentinfo > address#donors > a > img#logo-lf | www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/thelinuxfoundation.png | 137 x 45 | 137 x 45 | 206 x 68 |
Red Hat footer#contentinfo > address#donors > a > img#logo-redhat | www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/redhat-community.png | 150 x 36 | 150 x 36 | 225 x 54 |
Google footer#contentinfo > address#donors > a > img#logo-google | www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/google.png | 128 x 42 | 128 x 42 | 192 x 63 |
Constellix footer#contentinfo > address#donors > a > img#logo-constellix | www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/constellix-green-logo.png | 193 x 21 | 193 x 21 | 290 x 32 |
Fastly footer#contentinfo > address#donors > a > img#logo-fastly | www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/fastly-logo.png | 91 x 35 | 91 x 35 | 137 x 53 |
Download tr > td#latest_button > a > img | www.kernel.org/theme/images/icons/downloadarrow_small.png | 48 x 48 | 48 x 48 | 72 x 72 |
These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.
Meta descriptions may be included in search results to concisely summarize page content. Learn more about the meta description.
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse. — Desktop
Key metrics that affect user experience. — Desktop
First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.
241 ms
Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.
281 ms
Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.
0 ms
Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.
0.002
Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.
241 ms
Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.
281 ms
Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.
Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.
Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling
3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.
A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.
| Request | Cache TTL | Transfer Size |
|---|---|---|
| www.kernel.org/theme/fonts/oswald-regular-webfont.woff2 | 0.0 ms | 20.2 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/fonts/oxygen-regular-webfont.woff2 | 0.0 ms | 19.6 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/serverscom.svg | 0.0 ms | 8.0 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/tux.png | 0.0 ms | 7.7 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/normalize.css | 0.0 ms | 7.4 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/main.css | 0.0 ms | 6.5 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/akamai.png | 0.0 ms | 4.7 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/redhat-community.png | 0.0 ms | 3.5 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/google.png | 0.0 ms | 3.0 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/thelinuxfoundation.png | 0.0 ms | 2.8 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/constellix-green-logo.png | 0.0 ms | 2.4 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/fastly-logo.png | 0.0 ms | 1.7 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/images/icons/downloadarrow_small.png | 0.0 ms | 1.1 KiB |
Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.
Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.
Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size
| URL | Resource Size | Est Savings | |
|---|---|---|---|
body#index > header#banner > div#tux-gear body#index > header#banner > div#tux-gear | www.kernel.org/theme/images/logos/tux.png | 7.5 KiB | 5.5 KiB |
Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.
| URL | Transfer Size |
|---|---|
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/normalize.css | 7.4 KiB |
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/main.css | 6.5 KiB |
These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.
Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.
| URL | Transfer Size | Est Savings |
|---|---|---|
| www.kernel.org/theme/css/normalize.css | 7.4 KiB | 5.5 KiB |
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.
Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
About nav > ul > li > a |
Contact us nav > ul > li > a |
FAQ nav > ul > li > a |
Releases nav > ul > li > a |
Signatures nav > ul > li > a |
Site news nav > ul > li > a |
This site is operated by the Linux Kernel Organization, a 501(c)3 nonprofit cor… body#index > footer#contentinfo > address#about |
Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Link text that is discernible improves the experience for users with low vision. Learn how to make links distinguishable.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
501(c)3 nonprofit corporation body#index > footer#contentinfo > address#about > a |
These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.
Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
HTTP tbody > tr > td > a |
https://www.kernel.org/pub/ tbody > tr > td > a |
GIT tbody > tr > td > a |
https://git.kernel.org/ tbody > tr > td > a |
RSYNC tbody > tr > td > a |
Git Trees div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Patchwork div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Wikis div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Bugzilla div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Mirrors div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Linux.com div.blogroll > ul > li > a |
Site Atom feed div.social > ul > li > a |
Releases Atom Feed div.social > ul > li > a |
Kernel Planet div.social > ul > li > a |
One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
html html |
These items highlight common accessibility best practices.
Screen readers have features to make navigating tables easier. Ensuring that `<td>` elements in a large table (3 or more cells in width and height) have an associated table header may improve the experience for screen reader users. Learn more about table headers.
| Failing Elements |
|---|
mainline: 7.0-rc7 2026-04-05 [tarball] [patch] [inc. patch] [view diff] [brows… body#index > aside#featured > article > table#releases |
These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.
Meta descriptions may be included in search results to concisely summarize page content. Learn more about the meta description.
Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.
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