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24 alternatives to Barebones SASS

Lightweight SASS boilerplate to kickstart your next project

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Barebones SASS launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   SaaS Boilerplates▲504

   Discover the best boilerplates & SaaS starter kits

   2024 · saasboilerplates.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   BareKit▲65

   Wonderfully naked Front-End Project Starter

   2014 · a2labs.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sassquatch▲88

   A zero-setup Sass previewer for OS X

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4EM
   Egg – Minimalistic Sass Boilerplate▲5

   A simple SASS boilerplate

   2017 · wiredcraft.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sass Guidelines▲123

   Opinionated style guide for writing maintainable Sass code

   2015 · sass-guidelin.es · its alternatives →

6. 6MB
   my boilerplate CSS code for new designs, written in Less.▲108

   2011 · mgeraci.github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Family.scss▲157

   20 Sass mixins to help you manage :nth-child'ified elements

   2016 · lukyvj.github.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Pintsize▲7

   A Sass front end template

   2015 · pintsize.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   SaaSBold▲276

   Full-stack SaaS boilerplate and starter kit

   2024 · saasbold.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Pure▲164

    Set of small, responsive CSS modules

    2014 · pure-css.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Spectre.css▲162

    A lightweight, responsive and modern CSS framework

    2016 · picturepan2.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Picnic CSS▲95

    a lightweight Bootstrap alternative

    2014 · picnicss.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    CODY▲136

    Free library of HTML, CSS, & JS nuggets

    2014 · codyhouse.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Picnic CSS▲131

    A beautiful CSS library to kickstart your projects

    2016 · picnicss.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Better CSS with Sass▲64

    Write better CSS with Sass

    2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    hack.css▲174

    The CSS framework for hackers

    2016 · hackcss.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Layer CSS▲152

    Lightweight CSS framework to build your own fluid layouts

    2015 · layers-css.vercel.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Subtle Patterns▲118

    Free textures for your next web project.

    2014 · toptal.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Skeleton 2.0▲127

    A dead simple, responsive CSS boilerplate.

    2014 · getskeleton.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Launchnow▲102

    SaaS boilerplate with a distribution first mindset

    2024 · launchnow.pro · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Shorthand CSS▲169

    Feature rich CSS framework for the new decade

    2020 · shorthandcss.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    SaaS application boilerplate▲107

    Free SaaS boilerplate (Python/PostgreSQL/ReactJS/Webpack) - saasforge/open-source-saas-boilerpate

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    launch.css▲42

    Launch Your Ideas Faster

    2025 · launch-css.dev · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Less 2.0▲96

    CSS pre-processor makes CSS more maintainable & extendable

    2014 · lesscss.org · its alternatives →

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