Frameworks

Awesome CSS Frameworks

List of awesome CSS frameworks.
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Base / Reset / Normalize

• modern-normalize - Normalize browsers' default style.
  Repo | #CSS

• ress - Modern CSS reset.
  Repo | #CSS

• Natural Selection - Collection of best-practice CSS selectors.
  | #CSS

Class-less

Frameworks that use semantic HTML and do not rely on classes.

• MVP.css - Minimalist stylesheet for HTML elements.
  Docs, Repo | #CSS

• sakura - Minimal classless CSS framework/theme.
  Demo, Repo | #SCSS

• Simple.css - Lightweight, classless CSS framework.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #CSS

• Tacit - CSS framework for dummies, without classes.
  Repo | #SCSS

Very Lightweight

Frameworks that are smaller than ~5KB.

• Pure - Set of small, responsive CSS modules that you can use in every web project.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #CSS

• Picnic CSS - Lightweight and beautiful library.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• Chota - Really small CSS framework.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #CSS

General Purpose

• Bootstrap - The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• Bulma - Modern CSS framework based on Flexbox.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #Sass

• Foundation - The most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• UIkit - Lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #LESS #SCSS

• Primer - CSS framework that powers GitHub's front-end design.
  Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• Pico.css - Elegant styles for all native HTML elements, dark mode automatically enabled.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• Carbon Components - Component library behind IBM's Carbon Design System.
  Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• U.S. Web Design System - Components used by U.S. federal government websites.
  Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• Fomantic-UI - Build beautiful websites fast, with concise HTML, intuitive javascript, and simplified debugging.
  Docs, Repo | #LESS

• Blaze UI - Open source modular toolkit providing great structure for building websites quickly with a scalable and maintainable foundation.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• Cirrus - Component and utility centric SCSS framework designed for rapid prototyping.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #CSS

• Vanilla Framework - Simple, extensible CSS framework. Written by the Canonical Web Team.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• PatternFly - UI framework for enterprise web applications.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #SCSS #LESS

• Stacks - UI components used by Stack Overflow.
  Docs, Repo | #LESS

• HiQ - Simple CSS foundation with responsive typography and input styling.
  Docs, Repo | #PostCSS

Material Design

• Material Components Web - Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for the web.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• Beer CSS - Build material design interfaces in record time without stress for devs.
  Repo | #CSS

• Materialize - Responsive front-end library based on Google's Material Design.
  Docs, Repo | #SCSS

Utility-based

• Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.
  Docs, Repo | #CSS

• Open Props - CSS custom properties to help accelerate adaptive and consistent design.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #CSS #PostCSS

Specialized

• NES.css - NES-style CSS Framework.
  Demo, Docs, Repo | #SCSS

• 98.css - CSS library for building interfaces that look like Windows 98.
  Repo | #CSS

• Tufte CSS - Style your webpage like Edward Tufte’s handouts.
  Repo | #CSS

• Gutenberg - Modern framework to print the web correctly.
  Demo, Docs | #SCSS

• XP.css - CSS library for building interfaces that look like Windows XP.
  Repo | #PostCSS

• TuiCss - Library to create MS-DOS interfaces.
  Demo, Docs | #SCSS

• 7.css - CSS library for building interfaces that look like Windows 7.
  Repo | #PostCSS

• Bojler - Email framework for developing responsive and lightweight email templates.
  Docs, Repo | #SCSS

Toolkits

Toolkits are closer to a library than to a framework. They do not provide actual styling but utilities (e.g. mixins) that you can use in your CSS preprocessor.

• Bourbon - Lightweight Sass tool set.
  Docs, Repo | #SCSS

Stalled Development

Frameworks that have not seen any real development for more than about one year or officially have been deprecated. We are keeping them here for reference/inspiration and hope for a revival.

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- [**Semantic UI**](https://semantic-ui.com) - User interface is the language of the web.  [Docs](https://semantic-ui.com/introduction/getting-started.html), [Repo](https://github.com/semantic-org/semantic-ui) | #LESS - [**Materialize**](https://materializecss.com) - CSS framework based on material design.  [Demo](https://materializecss.com/showcase.html), [Docs](https://materializecss.com/getting-started.html), [Repo](https://github.com/Dogfalo/materialize) | #SCSS - [**Spectre.css**](https://picturepan2.github.io/spectre/) - Lightweight, responsive and modern CSS framework.  [Docs](https://picturepan2.github.io/spectre/getting-started.html), [Repo](https://github.com/picturepan2/spectre) | #SCSS - [**Tachyons**](https://tachyons.io) - Quickly build and design new UI without writing CSS.  [Demo](https://tachyons.io/gallery/), [Docs](https://tachyons.io/docs/), [Repo](https://github.com/tachyons-css/tachyons/) | #CSS - [**Milligram**](https://milligram.io) - Minimalist CSS framework.  [Demo](https://milligram.io/showcase.html), [Docs](https://milligram.io/#getting-started), [Repo](https://github.com/milligram/milligram) | #Sass - [**Water.css**](https://watercss.kognise.dev/) - Just-add-CSS collection of styles to make simple websites just a little nicer.  [Repo](https://github.com/kognise/water.css) | #CSS - [**Basscss**](https://basscss.com) - Low-level CSS toolkit.  [Repo](https://github.com/basscss/basscss/) - [**sanitize.css**](https://csstools.github.io/sanitize.css/) - The best-practices CSS foundation.  [Repo](https://github.com/csstools/sanitize.css) | #CSS - [**MUI**](https://www.muicss.com) - Lightweight CSS framework that follows Google's Material Design guidelines.  [Docs](https://www.muicss.com/docs/v1/getting-started/introduction), [Repo](https://github.com/muicss/mui) | #SCSS - [**modern-css-reset**](https://github.com/hankchizljaw/modern-css-reset) - Tiny little reset that you can use as the basis of your CSS projects.  [Repo](https://github.com/hankchizljaw/modern-css-reset) | #CSS - [**minireset.css**](https://jgthms.com/minireset.css/) - Tiny modern CSS reset.  [Repo](https://github.com/jgthms/minireset.css) | #Sass - [**CSS Remedy**](https://github.com/jensimmons/cssremedy) - Start your project with a remedy for the technical debt of CSS.  | #CSS - [**inuitcss**](https://github.com/inuitcss/inuitcss) - Extensible, scalable, Sass-based, OOCSS framework for large and long-lasting UI projects.  [Repo](https://github.com/inuitcss/inuitcss) | #SCSS - [**Cutestrap**](https://www.cutestrap.com) - Sassy, opinionated CSS framework, a tiny alternative to Bootstrap.  [Repo](https://github.com/tylerchilds/cutestrap) - [**unsemantic**](https://unsemantic.com) - Fluid grid for mobile, tablet, and desktop.  [Demo](https://unsemantic.com/demo-responsive), [Docs](https://unsemantic.com/css-documentation), [Repo](https://github.com/nathansmith/unsemantic) - [**Base**](https://getbase.org) - Rock solid, responsive HTML/CSS framework.  [Docs](https://github.com/getbase/base/blob/master/readme.md#documentation), [Repo](https://github.com/getbase/base) | #SCSS #LESS - [**Propeller**](https://propeller.in) - Front-end responsive framework based on Google's Material Design standards & Bootstrap.  [Docs](https://propeller.in/frameworks/open-source/get-started/), [Repo](https://github.com/digicorp/propeller) | #SCSS - [**Concise CSS**](https://concisecss.com) - Give up the bloat. Stop tripping over your classes. Be concise.  [Docs](https://concisecss.com/documentation/), [Repo](https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css) | #SCSS - [**Responsive Boilerplate**](https://responsivebp.com) - Powerful, accessible, developer friendly framework for building responsive websites.  [Docs](https://responsivebp.com/getting-started/), [Repo](https://github.com/responsivebp/responsive) | #SCSS - [**turretcss**](https://turretcss.com) - Responsive front-end framework for accessible and semantic websites.  [Demo](https://turretcss.com/demo/), [Docs](https://turretcss.com/getting-started/), [Repo](https://github.com/turretcss/turretcss) | #CSS - [**Centurion**](https://www.centurionframework.com) - Web-based framework for rapid prototyping and building larger web projects.  [Docs](https://github.com/justinhough/Centurion/blob/master/DOCUMENTATION.md), [Repo](https://github.com/justinhough/Centurion)

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