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Blackhole is a semantic and modular SASS/CSS framework designed for developers building web projects. It provides reusable CSS components and structure based on semantic principles, allowing developers to organize… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Blackhole – semantic and modular SASS / CSS framework launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Tailwind CSS▲420

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   Cs16.css – CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI▲819

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   Shorthand CSS▲169

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   2020 · shorthandcss.com · its alternatives →

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   2015 · spacebase.space150.com · its alternatives →

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   CSSBattle▲309

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   Pattern.css – CSS-only library to fill empty background with patterns▲332

   CSS only library to fill empty background with beautiful patterns. - bansal/pattern.css

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I combined Milligram, Skeleton, and Normalize into a single CSS project▲158

   2020 · sscaffold-css.com · its alternatives →

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   2020 · ridgecss.com · its alternatives →

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   A beautiful CSS framework in under 2 KiB

   2013 · andhart.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Sauron – A web framework in Rust that adheres to the Elm architecture▲305

    A versatile web framework and library for building client-side and server-side web applications - ivanceras/sauron

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Water.css – A just-add-css collection of styles to make websites nicer▲501

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    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Pattern.css▲197

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    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    hack.css▲174

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    2016 · hackcss.com · its alternatives →

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    2022 · boltcss.com · its alternatives →

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    Spectre.css▲162

    A lightweight, responsive and modern CSS framework

    2016 · picturepan2.github.io · its alternatives →

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    2012 · inuitcss.com · its alternatives →

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    Furatto, a flat and sleek CSS framework▲30

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    SASS Framework - Aspiring industry standard for writing CSS

    2023 · its alternatives →

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