# zurb/foundation-apps

The first front-end framework created for developing fully responsive web apps.

Repository: https://github.com/zurb/foundation-apps
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/foundation-apps
Homepage: http://foundation.zurb.com/apps
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-07-15T07:15:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4465, "days_push": 2971, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1554, forks 214 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:02.940422+00:00)

## What it is
Foundation for Apps is a CSS/JavaScript front-end framework from ZURB for building responsive single-page web apps, built on Angular, Flexbox, and Sass. It has been officially deprecated and moved to ZURB's experimental playground in favor of Foundation for Sites.

## Use cases
- build a responsive single-page web app with angular
- create a flexbox-based app layout grid
- prototype a responsive email or chat app ui
- scaffold a web app project with gulp and sass
- build a web app layout that adapts to mobile and desktop

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy project already built on Foundation for Apps
- studying an early example of flexbox-based app grids and Angular 1.x frameworks

## When to avoid
- starting any new project, since it is deprecated and unmaintained
- you need modern Angular, security updates, or community support
- building websites rather than apps, where Foundation for Sites is the successor

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: frontend-framework, ui-components, css-framework, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: angular, sass, flexbox, responsive-design, deprecated, zurb, gulp, single-page-apps, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- zurb/foundation-apps (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.940422+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 2026-08-30T04:30:07.483444+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zurb/foundation-apps (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:02.940422+00:00, sha 525a5d7ee1e3)
  - homepage: http://foundation.zurb.com/apps (fetched 2026-08-29T11:30:27.380325+00:00, sha c61b68c43d95)
  - site_page: https://get.foundation/apps/getting-started.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:30:27.389626+00:00, sha 082d0238bd33)
  - site_page: https://get.foundation/sites/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:30:27.402928+00:00, sha 0e6da3ea1757)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.