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24 alternatives to Bourbon

A Lightweight Sass Tool Set

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bourbon launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Bourbon Engine▲91

   Build fully native UIs in JSON and push them live instantly.

   2019 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Family.scss – a set of 20 smart SASS mixins▲88

   2016 · lukyvj.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Water.css – A just-add-css collection of styles to make websites nicer▲501

   A drop-in collection of CSS styles to make simple websites just a little nicer - kognise/water.css

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Family.scss▲157

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

   2016 · lukyvj.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5BC
   Bolt.css – Another classless CSS library▲134

   Bolt.css is a classless css library

   2022 · boltcss.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Picnic.css, a lightweight Bootstrap alternative▲247

   I've tried to make it as light as possible. It's only tested with Firefox and Chrome, however I intend to test it in IE down to 9. What would you change? What would you add? Any feedback or pull request is greatly welcome! MIT Licensed

   2014 · picnicss.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   A renderless and extendable rich-text editor for Vue.js▲278

   The headless rich text editor framework for web artisans. - ueberdosis/tiptap

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Pure▲164

   Set of small, responsive CSS modules

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

9. 9
   Milligram▲281

   A minimalist CSS framework

   2016 · milligram.io · its alternatives →

10. 10HC
    Hint.css v2.0 – Pure CSS tooltip library▲253

    2016 · kushagragour.in · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hint.css 2.0▲234

    A pure CSS tooltip library for your lovely websites.

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    A completely different way to write responsive, vanilla, CSS▲248

    2020 · propjockey.github.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sass Guidelines▲123

    Opinionated style guide for writing maintainable Sass code

    2015 · sass-guidelin.es · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Pattern.css▲197

    CSS library to fill empty background with beautiful patterns

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Grains.js▲11

    Reactive states library for HTML

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    CSS Grab n' Go Editor▲213

    Visual editor for learning and quick CSS mocking

    2020 · cssbuilder.veliovgroup.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Shorthand CSS▲169

    Feature rich CSS framework for the new decade

    2020 · shorthandcss.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Tonic Textual▲211

    Get your unstructured data AI-ready in minutes

    2024 · tonic.ai · its alternatives →

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    Layer CSS▲152

    Lightweight CSS framework to build your own fluid layouts

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

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    Skruv – No-dependency, no-build, small JavaScript framework▲123

    No-dependency, no-build, small JS view-library/framework-ish-thing.

    2021 · skruv.io · its alternatives →

21. 21
    CSS-Mint▲118

    Lightweight and simple to use UI Kit.

    2016 · arunmichaeldsouza.github.io · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Puzzle Tokens for Sketch▲69

    Bring the power of styles preprocessing to Sketch

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    A simple, plain, minimal, classless CSS for simple, plain HTML pages▲128

    A simple, minimal, classless stylesheet for simple HTML pages - susam/spcss

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24MB
    my boilerplate CSS code for new designs, written in Less.▲108

    2011 · mgeraci.github.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →