# tylerchilds/cutestrap

A strong, independent CSS Framework. Only 2.7KB minified & gzipped.

Repository: https://github.com/tylerchilds/cutestrap
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cutestrap
Homepage: https://www.cutestrap.com
Language: CSS
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-01-04T08:20:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3764, "days_push": 1337, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1550, forks 77 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:02.061056+00:00)

## What it is
Cutestrap is a tiny (2.7KB minified & gzipped) pure CSS framework built with modern CSS custom properties. It provides opinionated form styling, buttons, a grid, baseline-grid typography, theming, and a KSS-generated styleguide.

## Use cases
- style a small website without a heavy css framework
- build consistent forms with minimal css
- theme a site using css custom properties
- generate a living styleguide from css comments
- keep page weight tiny on performance-sensitive projects
- use only parts of a css framework a la carte

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, dependency-free CSS foundation under 3KB
- you need accessible, CSS-only form and button styling
- you prefer customizing via CSS custom properties
- you want a KSS-generated living styleguide

## When to avoid
- you need JavaScript components like modals, dropdowns, or tabs
- you need a large component ecosystem or utility-class API like Tailwind
- your project requires an MIT-licensed dependency (v2+ is GPLv3)
- you need active, frequent maintenance

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: css-framework, ui-components, form-handling, theme
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: css, tiny-footprint, kss-styleguide, popsicle-paradigm, custom-properties, baseline-grid, web-server

## Member repositories
- tylerchilds/cutestrap (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.061056+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 2026-08-30T04:30:20.586195+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tylerchilds/cutestrap (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.061056+00:00, sha 4217366ccf90)
  - homepage: https://www.cutestrap.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:08.068886+00:00, sha b73c03eb84e2)
  - site_page: https://www.cutestrap.com/features (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:08.071740+00:00, sha 8e4e4623ebaf)
  - site_page: https://docs.cutestrap.com/section-3.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:08.073872+00:00, sha 86e363bffd04)
  - site_page: https://www.cutestrap.com/features/themes (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:08.075880+00:00, sha d6114cf505fb)
  - site_page: https://www.cutestrap.com/features/forms (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:08.078157+00:00, sha 2fdfba223d13)
  - site_page: https://www.cutestrap.com/features/typography (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:08.080106+00:00, sha a43068c9fe60)
  - site_page: https://www.cutestrap.com/features/styleguide (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:08.082183+00:00, sha 8452d7e114af)
  - site_page: https://www.cutestrap.com/features/bundle (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:08.083992+00:00, sha cdea94df93b1)
  - site_page: https://www.cutestrap.com/features/popsicle (fetched 2026-08-29T11:31:08.085821+00:00, sha 717ba3efb759)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.