One of the nicest things I see about this, is that it supports dark mode properly.
None of this “pure CSS… oh unless you want dark mode then you need some JS to set a class”. I don’t love every aspect of it (the sausage navigation choice seems weird to me - I’d hate to have to side-scroll to see nav items on a phone) but it really is very well executed in it’s goals of being a template (which can obviously then be modified) IMO.
The definition of a framework according to the Cambridge dictionary is:
a supporting structure around which something can be built
I think this project satisfies that definition. Yes, software frameworks like Bootstrap are goliath, but that doesn’t mean something small like Simple.css can’t be a framework.
The linked page doesn’t actually describe Simple.css as a framework, it describes it as a “classless CSS template.” I’ve made a suggestion to change the title of the link here to reflect that.
Love It! I was just looking for something like this. Does anyone know of any other single file CSS frameworks that make simple sites look good with minimal work?
Yeah PicoCSS and SpectreCSS are also really nice. I personally really struggle with CSS myself and would love to see something minimal with just the right stuff to get started building “native”(ish) looking apps too. Not sure if possible? 🤔
Thanks for the links! I found https://terminalcss.xyz/ which I’ve started using for my tilde server. I love that I can use these simple CSS setups in combination with a Markdown parser and UNIX tools to make a simple templated site without a bunch of kitchen-sink frameworks and CLIs!
Looks nice. I’m curious what does complying with the GPL3 license of SimpleCSS looks like for a site using it? I imagine if you just drop it in, it doesn’t effect your project but if you use a bundler to “compile” a final website artefacts perhaps it applies to the whole project?
I actually just changed the license to MIT. I’m not a licensing expert (far from it!) and didn’t realise that the GPL doesn’t allow for closed source redistribution. MIT seems more permissive in that regard.
One of the nicest things I see about this, is that it supports dark mode properly.
None of this “pure CSS… oh unless you want dark mode then you need some JS to set a class”. I don’t love every aspect of it (the sausage navigation choice seems weird to me - I’d hate to have to side-scroll to see nav items on a phone) but it really is very well executed in it’s goals of being a template (which can obviously then be modified) IMO.
I love this! It reminds me of PicoCSS but better as its even smaller and really doesn’t use classes!.
It’s more like a CSS snippet than a framework
Considering what it tries to achieve that’s a good thing.
Calling it framework won’t be fair enough, a CSS Library is fine, Frameworks are vast and provide everything.
I’m totally fine diluting the meaning of framework like this.
Calling it framework won’t be fair enough, a CSS Library is fine, Frameworks are vast and provide everything.
attempt to provide everything.
Except that it doesn’t attempt, it’s a beautifier.
I was saying that Frameworks attempt to provide everything, not that this specific thing is a framework or does attempt to provide everything.
The definition of a framework according to the Cambridge dictionary is:
I think this project satisfies that definition. Yes, software frameworks like Bootstrap are goliath, but that doesn’t mean something small like Simple.css can’t be a framework.
The linked page doesn’t actually describe Simple.css as a framework, it describes it as a “classless CSS template.” I’ve made a suggestion to change the title of the link here to reflect that.
In that case, it’s fair, promoting it as framework won’t be fair.
Love It! I was just looking for something like this. Does anyone know of any other single file CSS frameworks that make simple sites look good with minimal work?
Yeah PicoCSS and SpectreCSS are also really nice. I personally really struggle with CSS myself and would love to see something minimal with just the right stuff to get started building “native”(ish) looking apps too. Not sure if possible? 🤔
Thanks for the links! I found https://terminalcss.xyz/ which I’ve started using for my tilde server. I love that I can use these simple CSS setups in combination with a Markdown parser and UNIX tools to make a simple templated site without a bunch of kitchen-sink frameworks and CLIs!
Sakura is a minimal CSS theme that has been around for a while. It can be used as a drop-in.
There’s a list here - https://github.com/troxler/awesome-css-frameworks#class-less .
It looks like the Demo link is 404ing right now.
Looks nice. I’m curious what does complying with the GPL3 license of SimpleCSS looks like for a site using it? I imagine if you just drop it in, it doesn’t effect your project but if you use a bundler to “compile” a final website artefacts perhaps it applies to the whole project?
I actually just changed the license to MIT. I’m not a licensing expert (far from it!) and didn’t realise that the GPL doesn’t allow for closed source redistribution. MIT seems more permissive in that regard.
Great!