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Which directory template covers the most business categories?
Direx is a $19 Bootstrap 5 directory and listing template from vecuro_themes. It ships three homepage layouts and ten category demos, covering restaurants, hotels, travel, shopping, fitness, beauty, doctors, music, museums and events. Four listing arrangements, including a map view, handle the browsing.
Best for: City guides and local business directories that list many different kinds of business
The Direx HTML template is a directory and listing theme for city guides. Its strength is breadth. Rather than one or two verticals, it ships ten finished category demos, so a guide can launch with most of its sections already designed.
Ten categories, already styled
Most listing templates hand you a generic entry page and leave the rest to you. Direx does not. For example, it includes finished demos for restaurants, hotels, travel, shopping, fitness, beauty, doctors, music, museums and events. Moreover, several of those come with a matching detail page, such as restaurant details, hotel details and fitness details. Therefore a city guide covering a dozen business types starts with the hard design work done. In short, breadth is what you are paying for here.
Four ways to show a listing
Browsing is where a directory earns its keep. Direx ships a default listing grid, two sidebar arrangements and a map view. Consequently, you can put filters on the left for a dense category, or lead with the map for a location-first guide. Besides that, a categories page gives visitors a second route into the content. As a result, the same data set supports several browsing habits.
Three homepages and a search-led hero
The template offers three homepage layouts. Each one leads with search, which is the right instinct for a directory. In addition, the hero carries a compact “Let’s Discover Our City” panel with tabs for restaurant, traveling and fitness, plus a keyword field. Meanwhile, a second search row handles destination, type and duration. So visitors reach a filtered result set from the first screen. Above all, nothing important hides below the fold.
What runs under Direx
The build is Bootstrap 5 with HTML5, CSS3, SASS and jQuery, plus Slick for sliders. So any front-end developer can take it over without a handover call. However, note two things. First, jQuery is still in the stack, which some teams now avoid. Second, vecuro_themes last refreshed the files in October 2025, so this is a mature template rather than a new one. Even so, it remains the cheapest complete HTML5 directory on this page.
Key features:
- 10 category demos: restaurant, hotel, travel, shopping, fitness, beauty, doctor, music, museum and event
- 3 homepage layouts
- 4 listing arrangements including a map view
- Matching detail pages for the main categories
- Categories overview page
- Bootstrap 5 with SASS sources
- Add-listing and account screens
- Blog, blog standard and blog details layouts
Our verdict on the Direx HTML template
Are you building a city guide that lists many kinds of business? Then the Direx HTML template gives you the most finished ground for the least money. Better yet, all ten category demos are live, so open the Free Theme Demo and browse them!
Finally, vecuro_themes last updated it on 8 October 2025 over on ThemeForest.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many categories does Direx cover?
Ten come finished: restaurants, hotels, travel, shopping, fitness, beauty, doctors, music, museums and events. Several also include a dedicated detail page.
Does Direx include a map view?
Yes. Alongside the default grid and two sidebar layouts, there is a listing page built around a map. Therefore a location-led guide works without extra development.
Is Direx suitable for a local business directory?
It is, and that is its best use. The category spread suits a city guide that lists restaurants, gyms, salons and museums side by side. Compare it with our other directory and listing templates.
Does Direx still use jQuery?
Yes. The scripts rely on jQuery and Slick Slider. If you want a build without it, the Tailwind or Next.js options in this collection are the modern alternatives.
How much does Direx cost?
Direx sells for $19 under the regular ThemeForest licence. That makes it the cheapest complete directory template in this collection.
Can visitors submit their own listings?
The template designs the add-listing and account screens for you. However, the submission itself needs a back end, because Direx is static HTML5.
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What we like
- Ten category demos, the widest spread in this collection
- Four listing layouts including a map view
- Three homepage designs
- Bootstrap 5 with SASS sources
- Detail pages for restaurants, hotels, doctors, fitness and events
- Elite Author, and the cheapest full directory here at $19
Worth noting
- Last updated in late 2025, so it is not a fresh release
- Still uses jQuery
- Heavy hero animation is not to every taste
