50 of Our Favorite CSS Libraries, Frameworks and Tools from 2017

With all of the trend changes and advancements that CSS goes through, we shouldn’t be surprised at the volume of free resources and tools that have been released recently. These time-saving CSS libraries and tools have been built to make your lives that little bit easier and also offer a clear learning window into CSS properties that you may not have adopted yet, or fully understand quite yet.

In this collection we have collected 50 of our favorite CSS libraries, frameworks, and tools that have all been released this year.

All of the tools and libraries have been categorized into the following categories: Flexbox Tools & Libraries, CSS Grid Tools, CSS Button Libraries, CSS Components, CSS Animation Tools, CSS References, Guides & Checklists, Atomic CSS Frameworks,CSS Web Frameworks, Lightweight CSS Frameworks, and finally, a bunch of Miscellanous CSS Tools.

CSS Flexbox Tools & Libraries

Waffle Grid

Waffle Grid – An easy to use flexbox grid system.

RAGrid

RAGrid – A flexbox grid that uses recognizable attributes instead of classes.

Taffy Framework

Taffy – An open source, lightweight, modern CSS framework built with Flexbox.

Griddd

Griddd – A dead simple, customisable, flexbox-based grid.

Flexbox Cheatsheet

Flexbox Cheatsheet – An interactive guide for CSS Flexbox properties, with plenty of examples.

For more Flexbox resources, take a look at this post.

CSS Grid Tools & Libraries

Griddy

Griddy – An online tool for learning the CSS Grid.

Graaf

Graaf – A collection of pure CSS grid overlays for designing.

CSS Grid Cheat Sheet

CSS Grid Cheat Sheet – A CSS grid visual guide.

For an introduction to CSS Grid, take a look at this post.

CSS Button Libraries

Bttn.css

Bttn.css – Awesome buttons for awesome projects!

Hover Buttons Library

Hover Buttons Library – A collection of animated CSS/SCSS buttons.

Buttons

Buttons – A collection of CSS buttons.

Social Share Kit

Social Share Kit – A library of decent and good looking CSS/JavaScript social sharing tools like social network icons, share buttons, share count, floating/sticky button bar and popups.

CSS Components

Foundation Building Blocks

Foundation Building Blocks – Collection of over 100 components to jump start your projects.

Balloon.css

Balloon.css – Simple tooltips made of pure CSS.

Fontisto

Fontisto – The iconic font and CSS toolkit.

Pretty Checkbox

Pretty Checkbox – A pure CSS library to beautify checkbox and radio buttons.

CSS Checkbox Library

CSS Checkbox Library – A huge library of CSS Checkboxes for every taste.

explodal

explodal – An “explosive” modal window that consists of over 97% CSS, 1 line of JavaScript and a small GIF.

SCSS Only Slider

SCSS Only Slider – This tutorial will teach you how to create a SCSS only responsive slider.

CSS Loader

CSS Loader – Simple loaders for your web applications using only one div and pure CSS.

CSS Animation Tools & Libraries

Animatelo

Animatelo – Just-add-water Web Animations.

Vivify Library

Vivify – A free CSS animation library.

Animista

Animista – A place where you can play with a collection of pre-made CSS animations, tweak them and get only those you will actually use.

Obnoxious.CSS

Obnoxious.CSS – Animations for the strong of heart, and weak of mind.

For even more CSS animation tools and resources, take a look at this round-up.

CSS References, Guides & Checklists

CSS Cheatsheets

50 Cheatsheets, References and Guides for CSS – A huge collection of CSS-related cheatsheets and guides that span a variety of subjects.

CSS Database

CSS Database – A comprehensive list of CSS features and their positions in the process of becoming implemented web standards.

CSS Triggers

CSS Triggers – An interactive resource that lets you see how CSS properties utilize browser resources.

Flawless Typography Checklist

Flawless Typography Checklist – A complete typography master course in the form of an interactive visual checklist.

Sassmagic

Sassmagic – An extensive Sass reference guide.

Boilrplate

Boilrplate – A curated directory of boilerplates to help you start your projects.

Atomic CSS Frameworks

Fractures

Fractures– A Baseline atomic CSS toolkit that helps you bootstrap design-systems and prototypes by providing a set of non-blocking, atomic, utility classes.

Biomatic UI

Biomatic UI – A flexible atomic-focused CSS framework.

CSS Web Frameworks

Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS – A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

PaperCSS

PaperCSS – The less formal CSS framework.

Shoelace.css

Shoelace.css – A back to the basics CSS starter kit, for when you don’t need the whole boot.

Turret CSS

Turret CSS – A styles and browser behaviour normalisation framework for rapid development of responsive and accessible websites.

Trowel

Trowel – A Sass toolkit that allows you to create and use CSS frameworks.

Unnamed

Unnamed – A colorful CSS framework made by a human not an Ai.

awsm.css

awsm.css – A CSS library for beautify semantic HTML markup without classes, attributes, etc.

Brutalist Framework

Brutalist Framework – An open source framework for the brutalist web design trend.

BBC Grandstand

BBC Grandstand – A collection of common CSS abstractions and utility helper classes.

iotaCSS

iotaCSS – A smart open source SASS based OOCSS framework built for scale.

Semantic UI

Semantic UI – A development framework that helps create beautiful, responsive layouts using human-friendly HTML.

CSS Frameworks

Luxbar

Luxbar – Featherweight, responsive, CSS only navigation bar.

mini.css

mini.css – Aims to provide as much functionality as possible in about 5KB gzipped.

Wireframe CSS

Wireframe CSS – A minimal CSS framework for wireframing.

Less Grid Boilerplate

Less Grid Boilerplate – A lightweight 12-column CSS grid system built with CSS Grid and LESS.

kernel.css

kernel.css – An unintrusive, lightweight and semantic CSS and JavaScript framework inspired by the Material Design spec.

Petal

Petal – A modern, light CSS UI framework. Based on LESS.

Tent CSS

Tent CSS – Pulling inspiration from outdoor survival, Tent CSS is unglamorously simple and robust. The framework is designed to be used as a foundation for building websites.

Spectre.css

Spectre.css – A lightweight, responsive and modern CSS framework for faster and extensible development.

We recently published a collection of new, lightweight CSS frameworks.

Miscellanous CSS Tools

Gradientify

Gradientify – A collection of top gradients with copy and paste CSS code.

Critical Path CSS Generator

Critical Path CSS Generator – Speed up your page render time in no time.

Grabient

Grabient – An online tool for creating all sorts of gradients that can be exported as CSS or to Sketch.

CSSRooster

CSSRooster – A bot that writes CSS classes for HTML with deep learning.

WebGradients

WebGradients – A free collection of 180 linear gradients that you can use as content backdrops in any part of your website.

Angled Edges

Angled Edges – A Sass mixin for creating angled edges on sections by dynamically encoding SVGs.

Plumber

Plumber – Create better looking documents and speed up CSS development by adding vertical rhythm to your page.

For more web designer tools: 50 Tiny, Time-Saving, and Free Tools for Web Designers.

You might also like to take a look at the Top 50 CSS Tools from earlier in the year.

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