Best CSS frameworks & libraries – 2018 September

Introduction - top CSS technologies

Bootstrap

v. 4.1.3
published 2018-07-24

GitHub

Bulma

v. 0.7.2
published 2018-10-12

GitHub

Foundation

v. 6.5.0
published 2018-10-30

GitHub

UIkit

v. 3.0.0-rc.22
published 2018-11-09

GitHub

Semantic UI

v. 2.4.2
published 2018-10-21

GitHub

Materialize

v. 1.0.0
published 2018-09-10

GitHub

Basic statistics

The greatest strength of each open-source project is its community.

However, to create a strong and active community around the project, the project must first gain sufficient popularity.

After exceeding the critical mass, the community begins to develop the project.

The larger the community - the faster the project is developed. The faster the project is developed - the larger the community.

It's a self-propelling mechanism that makes these large projects even bigger, and the smaller projects are harder to chase the bigger ones

Bootstrap is bigger in every aspect than its top 5 competitors put together. This fact makes him the undisputed leader of CSS technology - and nothing promises to lose this title.

Methodology

Note: In our reports, we value the position of each technology based on:

• NPM Downloads

  This is the most important factor that actually determines the number of active users of a given technology.

• GitHub Stars

  The number of stars on GitHub is often overestimated, as it often results not from the actual position of the technology, but rather from efficient marketing. However, it is still an important factor that allows us to estimate technology trends.

• Website traffic (based on SimilarWeb data )

  The traffic on the website shows the true potential of a given technology.

  Every technology to grow needs great documentation, affordable learning materials and a large and active community.

  Website traffic indicates how strong are the factors listed above.

NPM Downloads

GitHub Stars

Website traffic

Comparison