# HTML5 Reset

A simple set of best practices to get HTML5 projects off on the right foot.

Repository: https://github.com/murtaugh/HTML5-Reset
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/html5-reset
Language: CSS
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-03-11T18:33:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 55/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 71, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5810, "days_push": 175, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2411, forks 716 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:44.395042+00:00)

## What it is
HTML5 Reset is a minimal starter template of HTML, CSS, and best practices for kicking off web projects with a clean, unopinionated blank slate. A companion repository adapts the reset as a WordPress theme.

## Use cases
- start a new html5 project with a clean css reset
- strip default browser styles for a blank slate
- bootstrap a minimal frontend template without jquery
- set up a wordpress theme from a clean html5 base
- use css variables in a lightweight starter stylesheet

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, unopinionated html5 starting point
- you need a clean slate css reset without frameworks or dependencies
- you are starting a wordpress theme from scratch

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured css framework or component library
- you want a build system, bundler, or modern toolchain included
- you need actively developed features or guaranteed license terms

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: templating, css-framework, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: html5-boilerplate, css-reset, starter-template, wordpress-theme, best-practices, boilerplate, web-server

## Member repositories
- murtaugh/HTML5-Reset (main) score 55
- murtaugh/HTML5-Reset-WordPress-Theme (plugin) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.395042+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 2026-08-30T08:31:50.810756+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/murtaugh/HTML5-Reset (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.395042+00:00, sha cd64108ed2f5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.