[dohliam]

This started as a small collection of minimal (i.e., classless / boilerplate / ultralight) CSS frameworks like Tacit, Sakura, Tachyons and others. It turns out there are a lot of others -- the list now includes 97 (!) different frameworks.

There is a live demo [0] with all the frameworks combined with some HTML5 boilerplate, and also a bookmarklet [1] that embeds the CSS switcher in any page (including web pages and local HTML files).

Those used to working with larger traditional frameworks may find it hard to see the point of minimal CSS frameworks. Igor Adamenko (of awsm.css) has a great and pithy explanation:

> Why? I have to create simple pages in my daily work. Sometimes it's compiled Markdown and sometimes it's pure HTML. I'd like to make them more beautiful without additional classes, ids, etc. So I did it.

These minimal CSS frameworks have also been surprisingly useful for converting Markdown files directly into PDFs [2]. Not all of them lend themselves to this purpose, obviously -- usually the simpler the theme the better.

Suggestions for any minimal frameworks that were missed are very welcome!

[0] https://dohliam.github.io/dropin-minimal-css [1] https://github.com/dohliam/dropin-minimal-css#bookmarklet [2] https://github.com/dohliam/workflow

[kup0]

Nice! This is a great way to preview how "opinionated" these frameworks are and how subtly or drastically they affect the appearance.

Even just viewing the demo was a nice way to quickly pick out favorites that I could use or drop into quick personal projects/websites, or even just internal documentation stuff I use for myself at home and at work.

[dohliam]

Thanks for the feedback! This is exactly what I've found it to be useful for as well. Glad you mentioned the "opinionated" aspect of these types of frameworks too -- I should add something about this to the documentation so people have an idea what to expect.