I started building yet another CSS framework

In plain words

This is a lightweight CSS framework weighing 17.5kb that prioritizes restyling without markup changes. It begins with classless styles for semantic HTML and includes a minimal set of components like windows, cards, and toolbars, plus utilities and a 12-column flexbox grid. Built by a developer who found existing frameworks unsuitable for their automation server project, it combines preferred elements from popular frameworks while maintaining simplicity and flexibility for customization.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Please note: Nord is an adaptation of the Nord Theme, which is MIT licensed, not public domain. This form uses the stacked-form, border, h-center, and w-sm-double classes. The flex-row class is all you need for a nice layout. The padding class gives any element a little padding around the edges. Put your stuff in a flex-row element and use cols-1 through cols-12. It's a responsive grid, cols-X just sets the width to a fraction of the parent, but it can reflow to fit small screens. w-full means 100% parent element width. Note that the first column expands to fit content, and the second fills unused space. Bold and Italic and Underlined and Normal, undecorated textfrom eternityforest.github.io

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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…

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