Version 2 of concrete.css, a simple classless CSS framework
A simple and to the point classless CSS stylesheet
Version 2 of concrete.css, a simple classless CSS framework launched on November 17, 2021 with 11 votes, #1,246 of 2,925 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
In plain words
Concrete.css is a classless CSS framework released in 2021 that styles HTML elements without requiring custom class names. Designed for developers building lightweight websites, it automatically applies consistent styling to standard semantic HTML tags. The framework stands out for its simplicity—requiring no class naming conventions or complex setup—making it useful for quick prototypes, documentation sites, or projects where minimal CSS overhead is preferred.
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From the sources
This is a classless CSS stylesheet, built for lightness and simplicity. Concrete can be a great starting point for a simple website. <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/concrete.css/3.0.0/concrete.min.css"> In your javascript project Add the dependency: import 'concrete.css' Reading this page In order to see the HTML code that creates the elements you're seeing, you can either: For structuring your page, you can use the <main> element inside of the body. It will be automatically centered on the page, with a maximum width of 640px, like the page you are reading right now. To isolate the title of your page, and make it bigger, you can use the <header> element.…from concrete.style
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