# csswizardry/CSS-Guidelines

High-level guidelines for writing manageable, maintainable CSS

Repository: https://github.com/csswizardry/CSS-Guidelines
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/css-guidelines
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-09-01T10:44:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5290, "days_push": 1462, "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 3642, forks 870 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:12.840720+00:00)

## What it is
A set of high-level guidelines and best practices for writing manageable, maintainable CSS, authored by Harry Roberts (csswizardry). The repository now primarily points to the hosted version at cssguidelin.es.

## Use cases
- how to write maintainable CSS
- CSS style guide recommendations
- best practices for scalable CSS architecture
- naming conventions and CSS code standards
- guidelines for team CSS code review

## When to choose
- you want opinionated, high-level advice on writing clean and maintainable CSS
- you are establishing CSS conventions for a team or project
- you want a readable reference on CSS architecture principles

## When to avoid
- you need a linting tool or automated enforcement rather than prose guidelines
- you need framework-specific or up-to-date CSS techniques
- you need executable code or a library rather than documentation

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: -
- tags: css, style-guide, best-practices, guidelines, maintainability, web-server

## Member repositories
- csswizardry/CSS-Guidelines (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.840720+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 2026-08-29T18:31:47.017024+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/csswizardry/CSS-Guidelines (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.840720+00:00, sha 779be489b33b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.