# thoughtbot/neat

A fluid and flexible grid Sass framework

Repository: https://github.com/thoughtbot/neat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/neat
Homepage: https://neat.bourbon.io/
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: scss, sass, grid, bourbon, grid-framework, css, bourbon-family
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-10-21T13:48:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5144, "days_push": 2508, "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 4359, forks 411 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:46.529853+00:00)

## What it is
Neat is a lightweight, fluid grid framework written in Sass, part of the Bourbon family, providing mixins for float-based column layouts. It is explicitly no longer maintained, with the authors recommending native CSS Grid and Flexbox instead.

## Use cases
- build a fluid multi-column grid layout in Sass
- define custom grids with configurable columns and gutters
- create responsive layouts with grid-media breakpoints
- maintain a legacy Rails app using Bourbon Neat
- install a Sass grid library via npm or RubyGems

## When to choose
- you are maintaining an existing codebase that already depends on Neat or Bourbon
- you must support very old browsers where float-based grids are required

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use native CSS Grid or Flexbox instead
- you need an actively maintained grid solution
- you want modern CSS features like subgrid or container queries

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: css-framework, ui-components
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: sass, scss, grid-system, float-grid, bourbon-family, deprecated, ruby-gem, nodejs

## Member repositories
- thoughtbot/neat (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:46.529853+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 2026-08-29T18:21:28.404988+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thoughtbot/neat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:46.529853+00:00, sha f98392957013)
  - homepage: https://neat.bourbon.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:10:06.213556+00:00, sha 0b8ac82f12d3)
  - site_page: https://neat.bourbon.io/docs/latest (fetched 2026-08-29T09:10:06.278189+00:00, sha af0b76437a25)
  - site_page: https://neat.bourbon.io/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T09:10:06.310984+00:00, sha 972e1631980a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.