Over the last few days a couple people asked about themes that are available that are free and do not have a pro version – themes that are not using the freemium model.
I built this list when I was wondering the same thing. This is not a comprehensive list, these are just the themes I found and tested:
– Activello (suggests a free WP Imported Plugin – not required)
– GO from GoDaddy.com
– Ollie – (FSE)
– SemPress
– Pixova Lite (requests a non-free plugin by a 3rd party – not required)
– Shapely (requires the free Shapely Plugin – suggests premium plugins not required)
– Vantage
– Zeever (Requires the free Guttenverse plugin – includes 11 extra themes)
– Auberge
– Mesa (FSE)
– Pineapple (FSE)
– Zino (FSE)
– Sparkling (Recommends Kali Forms – not required)
– Blaskan
– Dazzling
– Newspaper X (recommends installing an importer and importing sample data – optional)
– Travelify
– Hemingway
– Unite (wedding theme)
– Photozoom
– Verbosa
– Riverbank (FSE – encourages installing Otter Blocks which is not required)
– Lovecraft
– Rowling
– Chronus
– Clearbook
– Coldbox (advertises a plugin via theme’s notice area – not required)
– Simple Days (relies on free YAHMAN plugin – not required but suggested)
– Gemma (FSE)
– Harrison
– Maxwell
– Occasio
– Ambitio (FSE)
– Charta (FSE)
– Driven (FSE)
– Lawson (FSE)
– Smartcube (FSE)
– Ankur (FSE)
– Hakoniwa (FSE)
– Inkling (FSE)
– Kigen (FSE)
– Prime FSE (FSE theme)
– Taza (FSE theme)
– The Canvas (FSE theme)
– Aeonium (FSE theme)
– Basal FSE (FSE theme)
– Frost (FSE theme)
– Indite
– Paira
– Receptar
– Michelle
– Modern
– Reykjavik
– ClubBlocks (FSE)
– Dark Pastel (FSE)
– MonoWP (FSE)
WordPress.org Themes
– Twenty Twenty-four
– Twenty Twenty-Three
– Twenty Twenty-Two
– Twenty8teen
– Twenty Eleven
– Twenty Fifteen
– Twenty Fourteen
– Twenty Nineteen
– Twenty Ten
– Twenty Seventeen
– Twenty Thirteen
– Twenty Sixteen
– Twenty Twenty
– Twenty Twelve

I don’t know if this counts but Hello Elementor is also free. It’s good if you are building sites with Elementor