Life & fun · September 17, 2020
New 6kb design system called M- is like HTML6
Mdash is a tiny standards-based design system for all web projects.
New 6kb design system called M- is like HTML6 launched on September 17, 2020 with 12 votes, #1,011 of 3,898 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.
In plain words
M- is a 6kb design system that functions similarly to HTML6. Launched in 2020, it provides developers with a lightweight framework for building web interfaces. The system is designed for developers who need a minimal, efficient alternative to larger design systems while maintaining HTML-like functionality. Its small file size makes it suitable for projects where performance and simplicity are priorities.
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From the sources
Mdash is a design system built exclusively with modern web standards. It's impossibly small (just 6kb), works everywhere, and is incredibly easy to work with and customize. It includes native and custom HTML elements , CSS Custom Properties , and utility classes . Quite literally, nothing. Nothing is exactly what makes Mdash different: It's HTML and CSS combined in a way you've never seen before, yet it's completely familiar. Take a look around and compare Mdash's size and markup to see how nothing really is better. In 2016 my team at Expedia started building a design system using CSS-only Web Components, which at the time was the first any of us had ever seen that done before. This…from m-docs.org
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