Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a type of hybrid material, combining organic and inorganic components, resulting in well-defined micro- and/or mesoporous solids. Their use for hydrogen storage has gained significant attention due to their high tunability, surface area, good stability and structural diversity.[1] Fundamental understanding of the structure/property relationships in efficient adsorbents is of outermost importance for further improving those materials by design. With this in mind, understanding the impact of the nature of metal centres on hydrogen sorption is crucial. In this work, we focus on the exploration of various isostructural MOFs based on a biosourced linker. This promising series of sustainable MOFs offers ultra microporosity and available coordinatively unsaturated metal centres, which can efficiently interact with hydrogen. The variation of metal centres by substitution in a unique framework (i.e. Mg, Mn, Ni, Co, etc.) enables us to understand the impact of the metal on the hydrogen sorption capabilities. This work therefore offers new avenues for further MOF improvement for H2 storage by design.