Using CSS for styling can get tedious for developers as we progress and build sophisticated websites, we need something with less code and more functionality (styling).
This is why CSS frameworks are built and used, here is a list of Eight (8) best frameworks:
- Material UI Material UI (MUI) is said to offer a comprehensive suite of UI tools to help you ship new features faster. Material UI is used by big organizations such as; Spotify, Unity, Nasa, Netflix e.t.c
To Install MUI
npm install @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled
MUI Homepage
- Foundation The most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world. Foundation is a family of responsive front-end frameworks that make it easy to design beautiful responsive websites, apps and emails that look amazing on any device.(From their official website).Foundation is used by big organizations such as; Disney, Samsung, Adobe, National Geographic, e.t.c
To Install
npm install foundation-sites
//or//
yarn add foundation-sites
Foundation Homepage
- Bulma Bulma is a free, open-source framework that provides ready-to-use frontend components that you can easily combine to build responsive web interfaces.CSS Knowledge is not needed when using bulma.
To Install
npm install bulma
Bulma homepage
- Tailwind CSS Tailwind CSS rapidly builds modern websites without ever leaving your HTML. This is interesting as you just write styles in classes of div tags, awesome right?!
To install
npm install -D tailwindcss
npx tailwindcss init
Tailwind Homepage
- Bootstrap Bootstrap is a powerful, extensible, and feature-packed frontend toolkit. With Bootstrap you can build and customize with Sass, utilize prebuilt grid system and components, and bring projects to life with powerful JavaScript plugins.
To install
npm i bootstrap@5.2.3
Bootstrap Homepage
- Chakra UI Chakra UI is a simple, modular and accessible component library that gives you the building blocks you need to build your React applications. With Chakra UI you spend less time writing UI code and more time building a great experience for your customers.
To install
npm i @chakra-ui/react @emotion/react @emotion/styled framer-motion
or
yarn add @chakra-ui/react @emotion/react @emotion/styled framer-motion
or
pnpm add @chakra-ui/react @emotion/react @emotion/styled framer-motion
Chakra UI homepage
- Headless UI Headless UI has completely unstyled, fully accessible UI components, designed to integrate beautifully with Tailwind CSS. This is also created by tailwind Labs
To Install
npm install @headlessui/react
Headless UI Homepage
- Semantic UI Semantic is a development framework that helps create beautiful, responsive layouts using human-friendly HTML.
To Install
npm install semantic-ui --save
cd semantic/
gulp build
Semantic UI Homepage
There are lots more that are also good to build super websites, but the trick to choosing the best is... no trick, just go with the one you feel will work with you well after thorough research.
Top comments (3)
As a web developer, I agree that CSS frameworks can be very useful in streamlining the development process and helping to create beautiful and functional websites. It's great to see a list of some of the top options out there, including Material UI, Foundation, Bulma, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Chakra UI, Headless UI, and Semantic UI.
Personally, I have had good experiences with Material UI and Bootstrap in the past, but I am always interested in exploring new frameworks to see what they have to offer. It's important to do your research and consider factors such as ease of use, performance, and community support when choosing a CSS framework for your project.
One thing to note is that while CSS frameworks can be very helpful, it's important not to rely too heavily on them. It's always good to have a strong understanding of CSS and how it works, as this will allow you to customize and tweak your designs as needed.
Overall, I think it's great to see the variety of options available for web developers looking to use CSS frameworks to create amazing websites.
Yes, you are soo right
that's why I thought to show developers the various CSS frameworks to improve their ability in building websites and to give them a list of choices.
Headless UI is not a css framework it is just a unstyled layer for tailwind