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24 alternatives to Pattern.css

CSS library to fill empty background with beautiful patterns

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pattern.css launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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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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CSS Background Patterns▲327
Free editable patterns that actually look cool 😎
2020 · magicpattern.design · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Stitches▲135
The modern CSS-in-JS library with near-zero runtime.
2020 · stitches.dev · its alternatives →
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Shorthand CSS▲169
Feature rich CSS framework for the new decade
2020 · shorthandcss.com · its alternatives →
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Textures.js, SVG Patterns for Data Visualization▲404
A JavaScript Library for creating SVG patterns
2015 · riccardoscalco.github.io · its alternatives →
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The Pattern Library▲307
Free to use patterns by awesome designers
2014 · thepatternlibrary.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Bolt.css – Another classless CSS library▲134
Bolt.css is a classless css library
2022 · boltcss.com · its alternatives →
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Basic.css – Classless CSS Starter File▲153
Basic.css - Classless CSS Starter File. Contribute to vladocar/Basic.css development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Chartss.css – accessible HTML/CSS charts with markdown support▲265
2020 · rbitr.github.io · its alternatives →
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Bamboo CSS▲101
A classless CSS utility for your HTML
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Picnic CSS▲131
A beautiful CSS library to kickstart your projects
2016 · picnicss.com · its alternatives →
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Subtle Patterns▲118
Free textures for your next web project.
2014 · toptal.com · its alternatives →
16PA
Pick a better background pattern for your website▲347
SubtlePatterns Bookmarklet allows you to preview backgrounds for your website quickly and easily
2013 · bradjasper.com · its alternatives →
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98.css▲256
A design system for building faithful recreations of old UIs
2020 · jdan.github.io · 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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Lissom.CSS - A classless, minimalist, and themeable CSS library▲55
This is a personal take on making a classless semantic CSS library.
2023 · lissomware.github.io · its alternatives →
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CSS GUI▲72
Create CSS without code by an open source tool
2022 · cssgui.com · its alternatives →
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awsm.css▲173
Simple CSS library for semantic HTML markup
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Littlebox, a pure CSS icon library – worth continuing?▲192
2015 · littlebox.cabmaddux.com · its alternatives →
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Water.css▲186
Make your tiny website just a little nicer
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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EnjoyCSS▲138
CSS generator for rich graphical styles without coding
2014 · enjoycss.com · its alternatives →

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