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Awesome CSS Frameworks !Awesome (https://awesome.re/badge.svg) (https://awesome.re)
 
List of awesome CSS frameworks.
Feel free to contribute (https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
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Contents
- Base / Reset / Normalize (#base--reset--normalize)
- Class-less (#class-less)
- Very Lightweight (#very-lightweight)
- General Purpose (#general-purpose)
- Material Design (#material-design)
- Utility-based (#utility-based)
- Specialized (#specialized)
- Stalled Development (#stalled-development)
 
 
Base / Reset / Normalize
 
- modern-normalize (https://github.com/sindresorhus/modern-normalize) - Normalize browsers' default style.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sindresorhus/modern-normalize.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/sindresorhus/modern-normalize)
| #CSS
 
- ress (https://github.com/filipelinhares/ress) - Modern CSS reset.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/filipelinhares/ress.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/filipelinhares/ress)
| #CSS
 
- Natural Selection (https://github.com/frontaid/natural-selection) - Collection of best-practice CSS selectors.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/frontaid/natural-selection.svg?style=social&label=Star)
| #CSS
 
 
Class-less
 
Frameworks that use semantic HTML and do not rely on classes.
 
- Pico.css (https://picocss.com/) - Elegant styles for all native HTML elements, dark mode automatically enabled.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/picocss/pico.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://picocss.com/#examples),
Docs (https://picocss.com/docs/),
Repo (https://github.com/picocss/pico)
| #SCSS
 
- MVP.css (https://andybrewer.github.io/mvp/) - Minimalist stylesheet for HTML elements.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/andybrewer/mvp.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://andybrewer.github.io/mvp/#docs),
Repo (https://github.com/andybrewer/mvp/)
| #CSS
 
- sakura (https://oxal.org/projects/sakura/) - Minimal classless CSS framework/theme.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/oxalorg/sakura.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://oxal.org/projects/sakura/demo/),
Repo (https://github.com/oxalorg/sakura)
| #SCSS
 
- Simple.css (https://simplecss.org/) - Lightweight, classless CSS framework.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kevquirk/simple.css?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://simplecss.org/demo),
Docs (https://github.com/kevquirk/simple.css/wiki),
Repo (https://github.com/kevquirk/simple.css/)
| #CSS
 
- Tacit (https://yegor256.github.io/tacit/) - CSS framework for dummies, without classes.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/yegor256/tacit.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/yegor256/tacit/)
| #SCSS
 
 
Very Lightweight
 
Frameworks that are smaller than ~5KB.
 
- Pure (https://purecss.io) - Set of small, responsive CSS modules that you can use in every web project.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/pure-css/pure.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://purecss.io/layouts/),
Docs (https://purecss.io/start/),
Repo (https://github.com/pure-css/pure)
| #CSS
 
- Picnic CSS (https://picnicss.com) - Lightweight and beautiful library.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/franciscop/picnic.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://picnicss.com/tests),
Docs (https://picnicss.com/documentation),
Repo (https://github.com/franciscop/picnic)
| #SCSS
 
- Chota (https://jenil.github.io/chota/) - Really small CSS framework.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jenil/chota.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://raw.githack.com/jenil/chota/master/test/index.html),
Docs (https://jenil.github.io/chota/#docs),
Repo (https://github.com/jenil/chota)
| #CSS
 
 
General Purpose
 
- Bootstrap (https://getbootstrap.com) - The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/twbs/bootstrap.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/examples/),
Docs (https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/),
Repo (https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap)
| #SCSS
 
- Bulma (https://bulma.io) - Modern CSS framework based on Flexbox.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jgthms/bulma.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://bulma.io/expo/),
Docs (https://bulma.io/documentation/overview/start/),
Repo (https://github.com/jgthms/bulma)
| #Sass
 
- Foundation (https://get.foundation/) - The most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/zurb/foundation-sites.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://get.foundation/templates.html),
Docs (https://get.foundation/sites/docs/),
Repo (https://github.com/foundation/foundation-sites)
| #SCSS
 
- UIkit (https://getuikit.com) - Lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/uikit/uikit.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://getuikit.com/v2/showcase/index.html),
Docs (https://getuikit.com/docs/introduction),
Repo (https://github.com/uikit/uikit)
| #LESS #SCSS
 
- Primer (https://primer.style/) - CSS framework that powers GitHub's front-end design.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/primer/css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://primer.style/css/),
Repo (https://github.com/primer/css)
| #SCSS
 
- Carbon Components (https://www.carbondesignsystem.com/) - Component library behind IBM's Carbon Design System.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/carbon-design-system/carbon-components.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://www.carbondesignsystem.com/components/overview/),
Repo (https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon)
| #SCSS
 
- U.S. Web Design System (https://designsystem.digital.gov/) - Components used by U.S. federal government websites.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/uswds/uswds.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://designsystem.digital.gov/components/overview/),
Repo (https://github.com/uswds/uswds)
| #SCSS
 
- Fomantic-UI (https://fomantic-ui.com/) - Build beautiful websites fast, with concise HTML, intuitive javascript, and simplified debugging.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/fomantic/fomantic-ui.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://fomantic-ui.com/introduction/getting-started.html),
Repo (https://github.com/fomantic/fomantic-ui/)
| #LESS
 
- Blaze UI (https://www.blazeui.com) - Open source modular toolkit providing great structure for building websites quickly with a scalable and maintainable foundation.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/BlazeSoftware/atoms.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://www.blazeui.com/components/buttons/),
Docs (https://www.blazeui.com/getting-started/install/),
Repo (https://github.com/BlazeSoftware/atoms)
| #SCSS
 
- Cirrus (https://cirrus-ui.netlify.app/) - Component and utility centric SCSS framework designed for rapid prototyping.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/spiderpig86/Cirrus.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://cirrus-ui.netlify.app/getting-started/examples),
Docs (https://cirrus-ui.netlify.app/getting-started/setup),
Repo (https://github.com/Spiderpig86/Cirrus)
| #CSS
 
- Vanilla Framework (https://vanillaframework.io/) - Simple, extensible CSS framework. Written by the Canonical Web Team.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/canonical-web-and-design/vanilla-framework.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://vanillaframework.io/docs/examples),
Docs (https://vanillaframework.io/docs/),
Repo (https://github.com/canonical/vanilla-framework)
| #SCSS
 
- PatternFly (https://www.patternfly.org/) - UI framework for enterprise web applications.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/patternfly/patternfly.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://www.patternfly.org/patterns/about-patterns),
Docs (https://www.patternfly.org/get-started/),
Repo (https://github.com/patternfly/patternfly)
| #SCSS #LESS
 
- Stacks (https://stackoverflow.design/) - UI components used by Stack Overflow.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/StackExchange/Stacks.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://stackoverflow.design/product/develop/using-stacks/),
Repo (https://github.com/StackExchange/Stacks)
| #LESS
 
- HiQ (https://jonathanharrell.github.io/hiq/) - Simple CSS foundation with responsive typography and input styling.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jonathanharrell/hiq.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://jonathanharrell.github.io/hiq/guide/),
Repo (https://github.com/jonathanharrell/hiq/)
| #PostCSS
 
 
Material Design
 
- Material Components Web (https://material.io/components/web/) - Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for the web.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/material-components/material-components-web.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://material.io/components?platform=web),
Docs (https://material.io/develop/web/getting-started),
Repo (https://github.com/material-components/material-components-web)
| #SCSS
 
- Beer CSS (https://www.beercss.com) - Build material design interfaces in record time without stress for devs.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/beercss/beercss.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/beercss/beercss)
| #CSS
 
- Materialize (https://materializecss.github.io/materialize/) - Responsive front-end library based on Google's Material Design.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/materializecss/materialize.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://materializecss.github.io/materialize/getting-started.html),
Repo (https://github.com/materializecss/materialize)
| #SCSS
 
 
Utility-based
 
- Tailwind CSS (https://tailwindcss.com) - Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://tailwindcss.com/docs),
Repo (https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss)
| #CSS
 
- Open Props (https://open-props.style) - CSS custom properties to help accelerate adaptive and consistent design.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/argyleink/open-props.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://open-props.style/#gallery),
Docs (https://open-props.style/#getting-started),
Repo (https://github.com/argyleink/open-props/)
| #CSS #PostCSS
 
 
Specialized
 
- NES.css (https://nostalgic-css.github.io/NES.css/) - NES-style CSS Framework.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/nostalgic-css/NES.css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://nostalgic-css.github.io/NES.css/),
Docs (https://github.com/nostalgic-css/NES.css#installation),
Repo (https://github.com/nostalgic-css/NES.css)
| #SCSS
 
- 98.css (https://jdan.github.io/98.css/) - CSS library for building interfaces that look like Windows 98.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jdan/98.css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/jdan/98.css)
| #CSS
 
- Tufte CSS (https://edwardtufte.github.io/tufte-css/) - Style your webpage like Edward Tufte’s handouts.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/edwardtufte/tufte-css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/edwardtufte/tufte-css)
| #CSS
 
- Gutenberg (https://github.com/BafS/Gutenberg) - Modern framework to print the web correctly.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/BafS/Gutenberg.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://bafs.github.io/Gutenberg/),
Docs (https://github.com/BafS/Gutenberg#what-does-the-framework-do-)
| #SCSS
 
- System.css (https://sakofchit.github.io/system.css/) - Design system for building retro Apple interfaces.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/sakofchit/system.css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/sakofchit/system.css)
| #PostCSS
 
- XP.css (https://botoxparty.github.io/XP.css/) - CSS library for building interfaces that look like Windows XP.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/botoxparty/XP.css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/botoxparty/XP.css)
| #PostCSS
 
- TuiCss (https://github.com/vinibiavatti1/TuiCss) - Library to create MS-DOS interfaces.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/vinibiavatti1/TuiCss.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://github.com/vinibiavatti1/TuiCss/wiki/Examples),
Docs (https://github.com/vinibiavatti1/TuiCss/wiki)
| #SCSS
 
- 7.css (https://khang-nd.github.io/7.css/) - CSS library for building interfaces that look like Windows 7.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/khang-nd/7.css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/khang-nd/7.css)
| #PostCSS
 
- Bojler (https://bojler.slicejack.com) - Email framework for developing responsive and lightweight email templates.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Slicejack/bojler.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://bojler.slicejack.com/documentation/getting-started/),
Repo (https://github.com/Slicejack/bojler)
| #SCSS
 
- Orbit (https://zumerlab.github.io/orbit-docs/) - CSS framework designed for building any kind of radial UI.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/zumerlab/orbit.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://zumerlab.github.io/orbit-docs/introduction/),
Repo (https://github.com/zumerlab/orbit)
| #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.
 
 

 
- Semantic UI (https://semantic-ui.com) - User interface is the language of the web.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/semantic-org/semantic-ui.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://semantic-ui.com/introduction/getting-started.html),
Repo (https://github.com/semantic-org/semantic-ui)
| #LESS
 
- Tachyons (https://tachyons.io) - Quickly build and design new UI without writing CSS.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/tachyons-css/tachyons.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://tachyons.io/gallery/),
Docs (https://tachyons.io/docs/),
Repo (https://github.com/tachyons-css/tachyons/)
| #CSS
 
- Bourbon (https://www.bourbon.io/) - Lightweight Sass tool set.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/thoughtbot/bourbon.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://www.bourbon.io/docs/latest/),
Repo (https://github.com/thoughtbot/bourbon/)
| #SCSS
 
- Water.css (https://watercss.kognise.dev/) - Just-add-CSS collection of styles to make simple websites just a little nicer.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kognise/water.css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/kognise/water.css)
| #CSS
 
- sanitize.css (https://csstools.github.io/sanitize.css/) - The best-practices CSS foundation.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/csstools/sanitize.css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/csstools/sanitize.css)
| #CSS

- modern-css-reset (https://github.com/hankchizljaw/modern-css-reset) - Tiny little reset that you can use as the basis of your CSS projects.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/hankchizljaw/modern-css-reset.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/hankchizljaw/modern-css-reset)
| #CSS
 
- minireset.css (https://jgthms.com/minireset.css/) - Tiny modern CSS reset.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jgthms/minireset.css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
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.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/jensimmons/cssremedy.svg?style=social&label=Star)
| #CSS
 
- inuitcss (https://github.com/inuitcss/inuitcss) - Extensible, scalable, Sass-based, OOCSS framework for large and long-lasting UI projects.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/inuitcss/inuitcss.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Repo (https://github.com/inuitcss/inuitcss)
| #SCSS
 
- unsemantic (https://unsemantic.com) - Fluid grid for mobile, tablet, and desktop.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/nathansmith/unsemantic.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Demo (https://unsemantic.com/demo-responsive),
Docs (https://unsemantic.com/css-documentation),
Repo (https://github.com/nathansmith/unsemantic)
 
- Propeller (https://propeller.in) - Front-end responsive framework based on Google's Material Design standards & Bootstrap.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/digicorp/propeller.svg?style=social&label=Star)
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.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/ConciseCSS/concise.css.svg?style=social&label=Star)
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.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/responsivebp/responsive.svg?style=social&label=Star)
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.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/turretcss/turretcss.svg?style=social&label=Star)
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.
! (https://img.shields.io/github/stars/justinhough/Centurion.svg?style=social&label=Star)
Docs (https://github.com/justinhough/Centurion/blob/master/DOCUMENTATION.md),
Repo (https://github.com/justinhough/Centurion)
 
 
 
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