# mezzoblue/csszengarden.com

The source of csszengarden.com

Repository: https://github.com/mezzoblue/csszengarden.com
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/csszengardencom
Language: CSS
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-07-14T07:57:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4870, "days_push": 780, "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 1948, forks 579 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.941612+00:00)

## What it is
The source code of csszengarden.com, the famous CSS Zen Garden showcase demonstrating how a single fixed HTML file can be styled into radically different designs purely through CSS. It hosts 200+ community-submitted designs and accepts new submissions via pull requests.

## Use cases
- learn CSS by studying real-world stylesheets
- find design inspiration for styling the same markup differently
- submit a CSS design to the Zen Garden archive
- run a local copy of the CSS Zen Garden site
- teach students the power of separating content from presentation

## When to choose
- you want to learn or teach CSS through a classic, curated example collection
- you need inspiration showing how much visual variety CSS alone can achieve
- you want to contribute a design to a long-running CSS showcase

## When to avoid
- you need a CSS framework or component library for building applications
- you want modern CSS techniques or tooling rather than a historical showcase
- you need production-ready website boilerplate

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: css-framework, templating, documentation
- domain: web-development, web-design, frontend, education, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform, php
- tags: css, css-zen-garden, showcase, design-inspiration, educational, website-source, web-server

## Member repositories
- mezzoblue/csszengarden.com (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.941612+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 2026-08-30T03:06:59.994693+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mezzoblue/csszengarden.com (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.941612+00:00, sha a5766dd85061)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.