# uikit/uikit

A lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces

Repository: https://github.com/uikit/uikit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/uikit
Homepage: http://getuikit.com
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-21T11:05:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4794, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 26, "gap_med": 8, "n_releases_24m": 50}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 18531, forks 2286 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:26.762669+00:00)

## What it is
UIkit is a lightweight, modular CSS and JavaScript front-end framework for building fast web interfaces. It provides a large set of components (modals, navbars, sliders, grids, etc.) driven via HTML attributes or a JavaScript API, with Less/Sass theming support.

## Use cases
- build responsive website ui components
- style a website with a lightweight css framework
- add modals sliders and dropdowns to a site
- theme a css framework with less or sass
- use ui components with vue or react
- create a website without writing javascript

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight alternative to bootstrap with attribute-driven components
- you need a broad component library with theming via Less/Sass
- you use Vue or React and want DOM-reactive UI components

## When to avoid
- you need a full React/Vue component ecosystem with typed props
- you prefer utility-first styling like Tailwind
- your project requires a component library with strong TypeScript support

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: frontend-framework, ui-components, css-framework, animation, form-handling
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: less, sass, icon-library, html-attributes, modular-components, cdn, nodejs

## Member repositories
- uikit/uikit (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.762669+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 2026-08-29T17:02:01.294839+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/uikit/uikit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:26.762669+00:00, sha f509fcc2a4f1)
  - homepage: http://getuikit.com (fetched 2026-08-29T07:59:40.736651+00:00, sha 82e27512aa4e)
  - site_page: https://getuikit.com/docs/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T07:59:40.745887+00:00, sha 4aa3aeed05e7)
  - site_page: https://getuikit.com/docs/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T07:59:40.753158+00:00, sha db2d498d0703)
  - site_page: https://getuikit.com/docs/less (fetched 2026-08-29T07:59:40.755204+00:00, sha e9e07ff2ff58)
  - site_page: https://getuikit.com/docs/sass (fetched 2026-08-29T07:59:40.757076+00:00, sha 91b99f50622c)
  - site_page: https://getuikit.com/docs/javascript (fetched 2026-08-29T07:59:40.758952+00:00, sha 4c0be45dfc32)
  - site_page: https://getuikit.com/docs/webpack (fetched 2026-08-29T07:59:40.760978+00:00, sha 39013536547a)
  - site_page: https://getuikit.com/docs/custom-icons (fetched 2026-08-29T07:59:40.762919+00:00, sha 56416cd6ae2d)
  - site_page: https://getuikit.com/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T07:59:40.748187+00:00, sha 0e175fddf4b0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.