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24 alternatives to lit

World's smallest responsive CSS framework (398 bytes!)

Lit is a CSS framework designed for web developers who need responsive design functionality with minimal file size. It provides grids, cards, tables, and typography styling in just 398 bytes when minified and gzipped.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. lit launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AS
   A small (less than 2 kb) CSS framework▲79

   A beautiful CSS framework in under 2 KiB

   2013 · andhart.github.io · its alternatives →

2. 2AS
   A simple lightweight CSS grid, not a bloated framework▲134

   2012 · thisisdallas.github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Lite – A small, fast text editor▲607

   A lightweight text editor written in Lua. Contribute to rxi/lite development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Blunt – A CSS Layout Framework for Minimalists▲131

   A CSS framework that helps with layouts and leaves your styling alone. - f-prime/Blunt

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5MT
   Min, the world's fastest CSS framework▲52

   2016 · mincss.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Simple Grid▲229

   Responsive & lightweight CSS grid for your website.

   2016 · simplegrid.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   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 →

8. 8
   Pure▲164

   Set of small, responsive CSS modules

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

9. 9
   Wing▲247

   A dead-simple, responsive, CSS framework

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10MB
    my boilerplate CSS code for new designs, written in Less.▲108

    2011 · mgeraci.github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Spectre.css▲162

    A lightweight, responsive and modern CSS framework

    2016 · picturepan2.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12MC
    mono/color: Very small, responsive, dual-themed CSS framewor▲34

    2020 · asvvvad.github.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    mini.css▲6

    Minimal, responsive, style-agnostic CSS framework

    2017 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Luxa CSS▲67

    A minimalist CSS framework.

    2021 · luxacss.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Milligram▲281

    A minimalist CSS framework

    2016 · milligram.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    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 →

17. 17
    Pattern.css▲197

    CSS library to fill empty background with beautiful patterns

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    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 →

19. 19
    Wing – A minimal, responsive CSS framework▲26

    :gem: A beautiful CSS framework designed for minimalists. - kbrsh/wing

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20RP
    Responsive page designer – no grid/CSS frameworks▲49

    2013 · responsivewebcss.com · its alternatives →

21. 21NM
    Neat – Minimalist CSS Framework▲213

    Today I fixed a couple little bugs and released a new version of my minimalist CSS framework. I built this to scratch my own itch and I've been using it for a few years as the starting point for most of my own websites. I noticed I hadn't shared this with HN for about 18 months (5 or 6 minor version changes) so I thought it might be okay to do that now. Edit: Err, I missed a post from 7 months ago. Previous Posts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32990838 (7 months ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24594381 (Sept 25, 2021)…

    2023 · neat.joeldare.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Lit – a modern literate programming tool▲95

    A modern tool for literate programming. Contribute to cdosborn/lit development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Minified.js – a fully-featured, 4K alternative to jQuery and MooTools▲158

    2013 · minifiedjs.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Water.css▲186

    Make your tiny website just a little nicer

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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