# nathansmith/formalize

Teach your forms some manners!

Repository: https://github.com/nathansmith/formalize
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/formalize
Homepage: http://formalize.me
Language: CSS
License Family: other
Last push: 2014-02-26T19:46:16+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": 5832, "days_push": 4571, "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 1298, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:17.188123+00:00)

## What it is
Formalize is a CSS framework (with small JS helpers for multiple libraries like jQuery, Dojo, MooTools, Prototype, YUI, and ExtJS) that normalizes the appearance of HTML form elements across browsers and operating systems. It aims to fix inconsistent default form styling, including bridging HTML5 form support gaps in older browsers like IE6+.

## Use cases
- make form controls look consistent across browsers
- style form elements without browser default quirks
- normalize HTML5 form inputs in older browsers
- cross-browser form styling for a website design
- fix ugly default checkboxes and buttons in IE

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy site that must support old browsers like IE6+
- you want a lightweight, framework-agnostic form normalization stylesheet

## When to avoid
- starting a modern project - the project is unmaintained since ~2014 and modern CSS resets handle much of this
- you need form validation or state management rather than styling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: css-framework, form-handling, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: form-styling, cross-browser, html5-forms, jquery-plugin, legacy-browsers

## Member repositories
- nathansmith/formalize (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.188123+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 2026-08-30T04:53:50.926315+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nathansmith/formalize (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.188123+00:00, sha 59229458fd6d)
  - homepage: http://formalize.me (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:14.207454+00:00, sha 5ccfa35b431e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.