Awesome CSS Frameworks

List of awesome CSS frameworks.

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Contents

• Base / Reset / Normalize
• Very Lightweight
• General Purpose
• Material Design
• Specialized
• Stalled Development

Base / Reset / Normalize

• normalize.css - Modern, HTML5-ready alternative to CSS resets.
  Repo

• sanitize.css - The best-practices CSS foundation.
  Repo

• inuitcss - Extensible, scalable, Sass-based, OOCSS framework for large and long-lasting UI projects.
  Repo

• minireset.css - Tiny modern CSS reset.
  Repo

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

• Milligram - Minimalist CSS framework.
  Docs, Repo

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

• Mobi.css - Lightweight, scalable, mobile-first CSS framework.
  Docs, Repo

• mini.css - Minimal, responsive, style-agnostic CSS framework.
  Docs, Repo

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

• Wing - Beautiful CSS framework designed for minimalists.
  Repo

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

• Chota - A really small CSS framework.
  Repo

General Purpose

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

• Semantic UI - User Interface is the language of the web.
  Docs, Repo

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

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

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

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

• Tachyons - Quickly build and design new UI without writing CSS.
  Demo, Docs, Repo

• Spectre.css - Lightweight, responsive and modern CSS framework.
  Docs, Repo

• Blaze CSS - Open source modular CSS toolkit providing great structure for building websites quickly.
  Demo, Docs, Repo

• Kube - Web framework for professional developers and designers.
  Docs, Repo

• Base - Rock Solid, Responsive HTML/CSS Framework.
  Docs, Repo

• Concise CSS - Give up the bloat. Stop tripping over your classes. Be Concise.
  Docs, Repo

• Responsive Boilerplate - Powerful, accessible, developer friendly framework for building responsive websites.
  Docs, Repo

• turretcss - Responsive Front-end Framework for Accessible and Semantic Websites.
  Demo, Docs, Repo

Material Design

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

• Materialize - CSS Framework based on material design.
  Demo, Docs, Repo

• MUI - Lightweight CSS framework that follows Google's Material Design guidelines.
  Docs, Repo

• Propeller - Front-end responsive framework based on Google's Material Design Standards & Bootstrap.
  Docs, Repo

Specialized

• Tailwind CSS - A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.
  Docs, Repo

• Gutenberg - Modern framework to print the web correctly.
  Demo

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

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

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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• Material Design Lite - Material Design Components in HTML/CSS/JS.
  Demo, Docs, Repo

• Skeleton - Dead simple, responsive boilerplate.
  Demo, Docs, Repo

• Compass - Open-source CSS Authoring Framework.
  Docs, Repo

• Flexbox Grid - Grid based on CSS3 flexbox.
  Repo

• Basscss - Low-level CSS Toolkit.
  Repo

• Pills - Simple responsive CSS Grid for humans.
  Repo

• Cutestrap - Sassy, opinionated CSS Framework, a tiny alternative to Bootstrap.
  Repo

• unsemantic - Fluid grid for mobile, tablet, and desktop.
  Demo, Docs, Repo

• Scooter - SCSS framework & UI library for Dropbox Web.
  Repo

• Centurion - Web-based framework for rapid prototyping and building larger web projects.
  Docs, Repo

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