madeleineostoja/rucksack
A little bag of CSS superpowers, built on PostCSS observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4076
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2047
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1831 stars · 46 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Rucksack is a PostCSS plugin bundle that adds CSS features and shortcuts like responsive typography, shorthand positioning, clearfix, and extra pseudo-elements. It is distributed as the npm package rucksack-css and integrates with Gulp, Webpack, Grunt, Stylus, a CLI, and a JavaScript API.
Use cases
- add responsive fluid typography to css
- use shorthand syntax for css position properties
- generate clearfix with css
- auto-generate font-face src sets
- standardize input range styling across browsers
- convert hex colors to rgba in css
When to choose
- you want extra CSS conveniences on top of standard CSS via PostCSS
- you need fluid responsive typography without a full framework
- you already use PostCSS in your build pipeline
When to avoid
- you need a maintained solution - the project has a successor, Satchel, and its last release was 2021
- you want a full CSS framework with components and layout systems
- you use CSS-in-JS, in which case Satchel is the recommended alternative
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
css-framework ui-components developer-tools web-development frontend web-design cli cross-platform postcss postcss-plugins responsive-typography css-utilities build-tool-plugin nodejs
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/madeleineostoja/rucksack · fetched 2026-08-28 · 025bc73014a9
- homepage: https://www.rucksackcss.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 07a7975d95e7
- site_page: https://www.legislate.tech/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · aa3d4f2f157a
- site_page: https://www.legislate.tech/post/what-is-a-pdf · fetched 2026-08-29 · eb60d225a127
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| madeleineostoja/rucksack | main | 32 |
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