# mdo/wtf-forms

Friendlier HTML form controls with a little CSS magic.

Repository: https://github.com/mdo/wtf-forms
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wtf-forms
Homepage: http://wtfforms.com
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-09-28T05:00:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4497, "days_push": 2165, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2672, forks 152 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:09.553091+00:00)

## What it is
WTF, Forms? is a small CSS-only library that styles native HTML form controls (checkboxes, radios, select menus, file inputs) into friendlier custom controls without JavaScript. It was created by Bootstrap author @mdo and is explicitly no longer maintained, with its ideas folded into Bootstrap 4/5 custom forms.

## Use cases
- style checkboxes and radio buttons with pure css
- custom form controls without javascript
- make html select menus look consistent across browsers
- css-only toggle switches for forms
- replace ugly default file input styling

## When to choose
- you need a tiny, dependency-free CSS snippet for custom form controls in a legacy project
- you must support old browsers like IE9 with CSS-only form styling

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - use Bootstrap 4/5 custom forms or modern CSS accent-color instead
- you need maintained, updated form styling components

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: css-framework, form-handling, ui-components
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: css-only, custom-form-controls, checkboxes, radio-buttons, select-menus, no-javascript, unmaintained

## Member repositories
- mdo/wtf-forms (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.553091+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 2026-08-30T02:18:06.894908+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mdo/wtf-forms (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.553091+00:00, sha c1e176442e8b)
  - homepage: http://wtfforms.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:00:39.091595+00:00, sha 7feebd8eeb8d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.