# lowlighter/matcha

🍵 Drop-in semantic styling library in pure CSS. Highly customizable and perfect for simple websites and prototyping web apps!

Repository: https://github.com/lowlighter/matcha
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lowlighter-matcha
Homepage: https://matcha.mizu.sh
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: classless, classless-css, css, css-framework, design, minimalist, semantic-web, simple, theme, web
Last push: 2025-09-13T03:32:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 33/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 41, release rhythm 8, longevity 60
- inputs: {"age_days": 846, "days_push": 354, "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 1936, forks 47 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:57.057236+00:00)

## What it is
matcha.css is a pure CSS, classless styling library that styles semantic HTML elements with a single stylesheet link, requiring no build steps, JavaScript, or configuration. It is highly customizable via a custom builder and is ideal for prototyping, static pages, and Markdown-generated documents.

## Use cases
- style a static HTML page without writing CSS
- quickly prototype a web app with drop-in styling
- style Markdown-generated documents
- add semantic styling to a website with one link tag
- avoid CSS frameworks that require classes and build steps
- create a custom minimal CSS build for a project

## When to choose
- you want zero-dependency, no-build styling for semantic HTML
- you need reversible styling that can be removed without refactoring
- you are prototyping or building simple/static sites
- you want broad HTML element coverage and small bundle size

## When to avoid
- you need a component-based design system with utility classes
- you require complex custom layouts or grid systems
- your project already uses a full CSS framework like Tailwind or Bootstrap
- you need JavaScript-driven interactive components

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: css-framework, ui-components, theme
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: classless-css, semantic-html, no-build, drop-in, minimalist, prototyping, zero-dependencies, web-server

## Member repositories
- lowlighter/matcha (main) score 33

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.057236+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 2026-08-30T03:08:26.213963+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lowlighter/matcha (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:57.057236+00:00, sha 1a5ab2ab87d4)
  - homepage: https://matcha.mizu.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T10:47:40.807365+00:00, sha 5fcd6602af04)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.