# dhg/Skeleton

Skeleton: A Dead Simple, Responsive Boilerplate for Mobile-Friendly Development

Repository: https://github.com/dhg/Skeleton
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/skeleton
Homepage: http://www.getskeleton.com
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-11-14T19:22:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5604, "days_push": 1023, "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 19380, forks 3062 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:27.676959+00:00)

## What it is
Skeleton is a lightweight, responsive CSS boilerplate (~400 lines of vanilla CSS) that styles raw HTML elements and provides a 12-column fluid grid for mobile-friendly development. It is a starting point for small projects rather than a full UI framework, requiring no compiling or installation.

## Use cases
- kickstart a small responsive website
- build a mobile-friendly landing page without a heavy framework
- get a simple 12-column responsive grid with plain CSS
- prototype a web page quickly with zero build tooling
- style raw HTML elements with a minimal baseline
- avoid installing or compiling CSS frameworks

## When to choose
- you're building a small project or simple site
- you want vanilla CSS with no build step
- you need just a responsive grid and basic element styling
- you find larger frameworks like Bootstrap overkill

## When to avoid
- you need a full UI component library with widgets and themes
- you're building a large, complex application needing utility classes
- you want Sass/LESS tooling out of the box (community extensions exist but aren't official)
- you need modern CSS features or active ongoing development

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: css-framework, boilerplate
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: responsive-grid, lightweight, vanilla-css, mobile-first, css-boilerplate, web-server

## Member repositories
- dhg/Skeleton (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.676959+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 2026-08-30T08:09:35.565584+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dhg/Skeleton (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:27.676959+00:00, sha 8e1ff3ace524)
  - homepage: http://www.getskeleton.com (fetched 2026-08-29T07:58:29.710110+00:00, sha 7fba1b748b03)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.