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24 alternatives to Picnic.css, a lightweight Bootstrap alternative

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

Picnic.css is a lightweight CSS library designed as a Bootstrap alternative, keeping file size under 10kb compressed for faster mobile loading. It styles native HTML elements directly without requiring presentation… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Picnic.css, a lightweight Bootstrap alternative launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Picnic CSS▲131

   A beautiful CSS library to kickstart your projects

   2016 · picnicss.com · its alternatives →

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   Picnic CSS▲95

   a lightweight Bootstrap alternative

   2014 · picnicss.com · 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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   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 →

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

   Bolt.css is a classless css library

   2022 · boltcss.com · its alternatives →

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

   CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI.

   2025 · cs16.samke.me · its alternatives →

7. 7AS
   A simple lightweight CSS grid, not a bloated framework▲134

   2012 · thisisdallas.github.com · its alternatives →

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   Pattern.css▲197

   CSS library to fill empty background with beautiful patterns

   2020 · github.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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    Blocs 4.0▲237

    Create responsive websites without writing code.

    2020 · blocsapp.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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    Picnic▲272

    Register a new website with one click. Live in 5 mins.

    2015 · 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 →

14. 14
    A completely different way to write responsive, vanilla, CSS▲248

    2020 · propjockey.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Tailwind CSS▲420

    A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development

    2017 · tailwindcss.com · its alternatives →

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

    2016 · kushagragour.in · its alternatives →

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    Mobi.css – A lightweight, flexible CSS framework that focuses on mobile▲91

    A lightweight, scalable, mobile-first CSS framework - mobi-css/mobi.css

    2016 · github.com · 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-Mint▲118

    Lightweight and simple to use UI Kit.

    2016 · arunmichaeldsouza.github.io · 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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    A small (less than 2 kb) CSS framework▲79

    A beautiful CSS framework in under 2 KiB

    2013 · andhart.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Skeleton 2.0▲127

    A dead simple, responsive CSS boilerplate.

    2014 · getskeleton.com · 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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    I combined Milligram, Skeleton, and Normalize into a single CSS project▲158

    2020 · sscaffold-css.com · its alternatives →

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