Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Pretty Please

For when normal ugly just ain't doing it.

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

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hack.css▲174
The CSS framework for hackers
2016 · hackcss.com · its alternatives →
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Wing▲247
A dead-simple, responsive, CSS framework
2016 · its alternatives →
3
I decided to document and share my high-level CSS best practices▲223
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Single Div▲177
A CSS drawing project
2016 · a.singlediv.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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I started building yet another CSS framework▲13
I really wanted to move my automation server project to a proper framework instead of the current ad hoc nightmare of inline CSS and redundant classes... But nothing seemed quite right. None of them seem suitable for deep restyling without changing markup. So, I took all the good parts of my current CSS, replaced the bad parts with things I liked from the most popular frameworks, then extracted it as a standalone library. The whole thing is 17.5kb, without minifying or removing comments. It starts with classless styles for semantic html. There is a very small set of about 5 components(The…
2023 · eternityforest.github.io · its alternatives →
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Unify CSS Framework▲69
Create a website, no code or design experience is needed
2023 · 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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Layout - No One's Trying to Make a Shitty Website▲67
How to work and collaborate with developers
2016 · layout.fm · 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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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 →
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Less 2.0▲96
CSS pre-processor makes CSS more maintainable & extendable
2014 · lesscss.org · its alternatives →
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Cutestrap▲113
A sassy, opinionated CSS Framework.
2016 · cutestrap.com · its alternatives →
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Outline CSS Framework▲6
A lean, mean responsive framework
2016 · outlinecss.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Stylable▲13
CSS for components
2017 · stylable.io · its alternatives →
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CSStyle▲112
Modern approach for crafting beautiful stylesheets.
2014 · csstyle.io · its alternatives →
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Stylish▲109
Restyle the web with custom CSS
2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Picnic CSS▲95
a lightweight Bootstrap alternative
2014 · picnicss.com · its alternatives →
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StyleKit▲120
UI framework for OSX
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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CSS Triggers▲80
A game of layout, paint and composite
2014 · csstriggers.com · its alternatives →
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Subtle Patterns▲118
Free textures for your next web project.
2014 · toptal.com · its alternatives →
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999.css, a barebones CSS framework in 999 bytes (Not gzipped)▲7
2016 · 999.surge.sh · its alternatives →
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Don't Make Me Code - 8: I Only Work On Ugly Products▲58
Why designers and dev co's need each other
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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PaperCSS▲13
The less formal CSS framework
2017 · getpapercss.com · its alternatives →

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