Sahara
Sahara is a Shopify theme by DigiFist ($190). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 73 for mobile speed and 97 for desktop speed, 87/90 for SEO and 85/84 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 3 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 66 to 78. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 106 reviews.
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 73 | 97 |
| SEO | 87 | 90 |
| Accessibility | 85 | 84 |
| Best practices | 95 | 96 |
Median of 3 presets · measured 17 times since 2026-09-11 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Sahara home page
Mobile
Speed 66 · 34 points to gain
- −23.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.8 Speed Index medium effort
- −2.2 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −2.1 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −1.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 72 · 28 points to gain
- −4.9 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.9 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −4.9 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −4.9 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −3.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.4 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Best practices 92 · 8 points to gain
- −3.8 Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio low effort
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 93 · 7 points to gain
- −4 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.9 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 75 · 25 points to gain
- −4.9 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.9 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −4.9 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −4.9 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −3.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 92 · 8 points to gain
- −3.8 Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio low effort
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Mirage demo ↗ | 73 | 87 | 86 | 98 | 87 | 84 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 76 | 92 | 87 | 96 | 92 | 83 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 77 | 85 | 98 | 77 | 83 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 72 | 92 | 87 | 99 | 92 | 87 | 2026-09-12 |
| Sahara default demo ↗ | 73 | 90 | 82 | 96 | 90 | 82 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 75 | 92 | 87 | 97 | 92 | 83 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 66 | 85 | 72 | 93 | 85 | 75 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 77 | 92 | 87 | 98 | 92 | 87 | 2026-09-12 |
| Savage demo ↗ | 75 | 87 | 85 | 97 | 92 | 85 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 76 | 92 | 87 | 96 | 92 | 83 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 78 | 77 | 81 | – | – | – | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 72 | 92 | 87 | 98 | 92 | 87 | 2026-09-12 |
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