# kognise/water.css

A drop-in collection of CSS styles to make simple websites just a little nicer

Repository: https://github.com/kognise/water.css
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/watercss
Homepage: https://watercss.kognise.dev
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: css, css-framework, simple, minimal, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2024-02-11T14:50:20+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": 2708, "days_push": 934, "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 8647, forks 495 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:24.015077+00:00)

## What it is
Water.css is a tiny, classless CSS framework that styles semantic HTML with no markup changes—just add a stylesheet link. It supports automatic light/dark theming via prefers-color-scheme and is designed for simple static pages and demos.

## Use cases
- style a quick demo page without writing CSS
- make a simple static site look nicer
- add dark mode to a plain HTML page
- drop-in styling for semantic HTML
- base stylesheet for a small project
- make an ugly webpage more readable

## When to choose
- you want zero-class, drop-in styling for simple content pages
- you need a tiny (<2kb) stylesheet with automatic light/dark theming
- you're building demos, docs, or prototypes quickly

## When to avoid
- you need a component library or utility classes for complex app UIs
- you need fine-grained design control or a design system
- you want heavy customization out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: css-framework, ui-components, theme
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: browser
- tags: classless-css, drop-in-styles, dark-mode, minimal, static-sites, semantic-html, web-server

## Member repositories
- kognise/water.css (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.015077+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 2026-08-29T17:25:40.887570+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kognise/water.css (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.015077+00:00, sha 4de44b963d2a)
  - homepage: https://watercss.kognise.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:05.161349+00:00, sha f2a01a982fa5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.