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by manishsharan 4362 days ago
I wonder why Zurb Foundation does not get as much love from HNers?

I use Foundation and I have really no need for a themes market . SaSS and Foundations' media responsive layout enable me to create new themes easily and painlessly even though I am am a back-end programmer.

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Bootstrap made a lot of ground by being associated with Twitter early on. There's now a huge community of plugin and theme developers for Bootstrap. Foundation does not have that sort of backing.
You're missing the entire point of buying a bootstrap theme.

>SaSS and Foundations' media responsive layout enable me to create new themes easily and painlessly

Yes, anybody can do that with Bootstrap as well. People who buy themes don't even want to waste that time on customising it. I already have 2 clients who bought a theme on WrapBootstrap because they wanted to have a UI-in-a-box for an internal tool.

There's Foundation Made[0], which seems to be operating for about a year now. [0] https://www.foundationmade.com
1 year and that is all they have (and not very diverse) says a lot about the Foundation market.
Honestly I see Foundation and bootstrap having two very different markets.

Foundation is still very very popular, but I find it much nicer for custom built websites compared to bootstrap.