# pure-css/pure

A set of small, responsive CSS modules that you can use in every web project.

Repository: https://github.com/pure-css/pure
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pure
Homepage: http://purecss.io/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: css, pure, html
Last push: 2026-02-14T03:48:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 53/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4881, "days_push": 200, "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 23724, forks 2404 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:35.240838+00:00)

## What it is
Pure is a set of small, responsive CSS modules providing a minimalist foundation for web projects, including grids, forms, buttons, tables, and menus. The entire set is extremely lightweight at roughly 3.7KB minified and gzipped, built on Normalize.css.

## Use cases
- add a lightweight responsive grid to a website
- style forms and buttons without a heavy framework
- build a mobile-friendly layout with minimal CSS
- create dropdown menus and tables with consistent styling
- start a web project with a tiny unopinionated CSS base
- reduce page weight compared to Bootstrap

## When to choose
- you need a tiny, fast-loading CSS foundation under 4KB
- you want unopinionated styles that are easy to override and customize
- you only need a subset of UI components like grids, forms, or menus
- you prefer writing your own application styles on top of a minimal base

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured component library with JavaScript widgets and theming
- you want prebuilt complex layouts, modals, or carousels out of the box
- your project already uses a larger CSS framework like Bootstrap or Tailwind

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: css-framework, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: css, responsive-design, minimalist, normalize-css, grid-system, micro-framework, web-server

## Member repositories
- pure-css/pure (main) score 53

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:35.240838+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 2026-08-29T16:56:21.823697+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pure-css/pure (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:35.240838+00:00, sha c8daaf1acc1a)
  - homepage: http://purecss.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:54:25.407708+00:00, sha 3cbcf2653ec4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.