Awesome CSS Frameworks 
List of awesome CSS frameworks.
Feel free to contribute.
Contents
- Base / Reset / Normalize
- Very Lightweight
- General Purpose
- Material Design
- Specialized
- Toolkits
- Stalled Development
Base / Reset / Normalize
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normalize.css - Modern, HTML5-ready alternative to CSS resets.
Repo, #CSS -
sanitize.css - The best-practices CSS foundation.
Repo, #CSS -
minireset.css - Tiny modern CSS reset.
Repo, #Sass -
inuitcss - Extensible, scalable, Sass-based, OOCSS framework for large and long-lasting UI projects.
Repo, #SCSS -
modern-normalize - Normalize for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari only (no support for Edge or Internet Explorer).
Repo, #CSS
Very Lightweight
Frameworks that are smaller than ~5KB.
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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,
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mini.css - Minimal, responsive, style-agnostic CSS framework.
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS -
sakura - Minimal classless CSS framework/theme.
Demo,
Repo, #SCSS -
Wing - Beautiful CSS framework designed for minimalists.
Docs,
Repo, #Stylus -
Tacit - CSS framework for dummies, without classes.
Repo, #SCSS -
awsm.css - CSS library for semantic HTML markup without classes, attributes, etc.
Demo,
Repo, #SCSS
General Purpose
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Bootstrap - The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
Demo,
Docs,
Themes,
Repo, #SCSS -
Semantic UI - User interface is the language of the web.
Note: The project seems to be inactive but there is an active fork called Fomantic UI.
Docs,
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Bulma - Modern CSS framework based on Flexbox.
Demo,
Docs,
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Foundation - The most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world.
Demo,
Docs,
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UIkit - Lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces.
Demo,
Docs,
Repo, #LESS #SCSS -
Spectre.css - Lightweight, responsive and modern CSS framework.
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS -
Tachyons - Quickly build and design new UI without writing CSS.
Demo,
Docs,
Repo, #CSS -
Primer - CSS framework that powers GitHub's front-end design.
Docs,
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Carbon Components - Component library behind IBM's Carbon Design System.
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS -
Blaze UI - Open source modular toolkit providing great structure for building websites quickly with a scalable and maintainable foundation.
Demo,
Docs,
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PatternFly - UI framework for enterprise web applications.
Demo,
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS #LESS -
Base - Rock solid, responsive HTML/CSS framework.
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS #LESS -
turretcss - Responsive front-end framework for accessible and semantic websites.
Demo,
Docs,
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Cirrus - Responsive and comprehensive CSS framework with beautiful controls and simplistic structure.
Docs,
Repo, #CSS -
HiQ - Simple CSS foundation with responsive typography and input styling.
Docs,
Repo, #PostCSS
Material Design
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Material Components Web - Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for the web.
Demo,
Docs,
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Materialize - CSS framework based on material design.
Demo,
Docs,
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MUI - Lightweight CSS framework that follows Google's Material Design guidelines.
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS -
Propeller - Front-end responsive framework based on Google's Material Design standards & Bootstrap.
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS
Specialized
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Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.
Docs,
Repo, #CSS -
Gutenberg - Modern framework to print the web correctly.
Demo,
Repo, #SCSS -
Tufte CSS - Style your webpage like Edward Tufte’s handouts.
Repo, #CSS -
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.
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Bourbon - Lightweight Sass tool set.
Docs,
Repo,
Scaffold, #SCSS -
Neat - Lightweight and flexible Sass grid.
Demo,
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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Material Design Lite - Material Design components in HTML/CSS/JS.
Demo,
Docs,
Repo -
Skeleton - Dead simple, responsive boilerplate.
Demo,
Docs,
Repo -
Flexbox Grid - Grid based on CSS3 flexbox.
Repo -
Mobi.css - Lightweight, scalable, mobile-first CSS framework.
Docs,
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Cutestrap - Sassy, opinionated CSS framework, a tiny alternative to Bootstrap.
Repo -
unsemantic - Fluid grid for mobile, tablet, and desktop.
Demo,
Docs,
Repo -
Kube - Web framework for professional developers and designers.
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS -
Concise CSS - Give up the bloat. Stop tripping over your classes. Be concise.
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS -
Responsive Boilerplate - Powerful, accessible, developer friendly framework for building responsive websites.
Docs,
Repo, #SCSS -
Centurion - Web-based framework for rapid prototyping and building larger web projects.
Docs,
Repo
License
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