# bradfrost/atomic-design

The repository for the Atomic Design book

Repository: https://github.com/bradfrost/atomic-design
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/atomic-design
Language: SCSS
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-07T19:39:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4276, "days_push": 26, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1280, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:13.643001+00:00)

## What it is
The source repository for Brad Frost's book 'Atomic Design', a methodology for building design systems from small reusable components. It contains the book's content and related resources written in SCSS.

## Use cases
- learn atomic design methodology
- build a design system from components
- understand component hierarchy in UI design
- study design system best practices
- find resources on modular interface design

## When to choose
- you want to learn or teach the atomic design methodology
- you are building a component library or design system
- you need a conceptual framework for organizing UI components

## When to avoid
- you need executable software or a tool rather than a book
- you want a ready-made component library to install
- you need code with an explicit open-source license for reuse

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, ui-components, css-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: design-systems, atomic-design, book, scss, methodology, web-server

## Member repositories
- bradfrost/atomic-design (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.643001+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:02:36.065148+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bradfrost/atomic-design (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.643001+00:00, sha 5967fd195a35)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.