# necolas/normalize.css

A modern alternative to CSS resets

Repository: https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/normalizecss
Homepage: http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: css, css-reset, normalize-css
Last push: 2024-06-12T20:36:06+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": 5600, "days_push": 812, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 53518, forks 10339 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:18.091731+00:00)

## What it is
normalize.css is a small CSS stylesheet that makes browsers render HTML elements more consistently and in line with modern standards. It is a widely adopted alternative to traditional CSS resets, preserving useful defaults while fixing bugs and browser inconsistencies.

## Use cases
- make my website look the same in all browsers
- reset default browser styles for a new project
- fix inconsistent styling of form inputs across browsers
- normalize html5 element rendering
- replace a css reset with something less aggressive
- baseline stylesheet for a css framework or boilerplate

## When to choose
- you want consistent cross-browser rendering without stripping all default styles
- you are building a site or framework from scratch and need a solid style baseline
- you want a tiny, well-documented, dependency-free stylesheet

## When to avoid
- you use a modern CSS framework that already includes a reset or preflight
- you need a full utility or component framework rather than a style baseline
- you require support for very old browsers like IE9 or earlier

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, css-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: css-reset, browser-consistency, stylesheet, html5

## Member repositories
- necolas/normalize.css (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.091731+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 2026-08-29T16:19:19.388940+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.091731+00:00, sha 10a9b39e6e78)
  - homepage: http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/ (fetched 2026-08-28T18:07:08.617073+00:00, sha aaa1542ac6ed)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize.css (fetched 2026-08-28T18:07:08.625546+00:00, sha d9110f8d6f9d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.