Gyanendra

Dec 28, 2022

TOP 5 CSS libraries for Frontend Developers

5. Bulma.io

Bulma is an open-source CSS framework based on Flexbox. It is a lightweight and mobile-first framework, designed to be fast, easy to use, and customize.

Bulma is perfect for creating responsive websites, with its built-in grid system and customizable components.

It has a great community of developers and users who are always willing to help out with questions and feedback. If you’re looking for a great way to get started with modern CSS, give Bulma a try!

Learning curve — easy

Availability — Accessible via CDN or you can also download its packages

4. Bootstrap

Bootstrap 5 is the latest version of the popular open-source front-end library.

The newer version has many new exciting features, including improved support for CSS custom properties, new form controls, and a more flexible system for setting responsive breakpoints.

It also has improved accessibility features and better support for Internet Explorer. In addition, it includes a new utility API for quickly creating custom classes.

You should definitely try Bootstrap 5!😎😎

Learning curve — easy

Availability — Accessible via CDN or you can also download its packages

3. Material UI

Material UI is a popular JavaScript library for designing.

It is based on Google’s Material Design principles and is used to build user interfaces for the web and it is also used to develop mobile applications.

Most of the applications of google like Youtube, Google search, Maps, Google pay, etc uses Material design to make their interfaces.

It provides components such as buttons, cards, and dialogs which can be customized to fit your project’s needs.

Material UI is a great choice for building modern, interactive user interfaces quickly and easily.

Learning curve — Moderate

Availability — Accessible via CDN for HTML or you can also download its packages.

2. Ant design🐜🐜

Ant Design is recently released its major version 5.0. It is a wonderful React UI library that provides a set of high-quality components and demos for building modern, interactive user interfaces.

It includes many components such as buttons, icons, input fields, navigation menu, and much more.

It is designed to be flexible and highly customizable for any project, and its features include internationalization, theming, and accessibility support. Ant Design also provides tools for testing and debugging, as well as a powerful design system that provides a consistent look and feel to any application!

Learning curve — Moderate

Availability — Mainly available for React.js

1. Tailwind CSS

This is my personal favorite.🧡🧡

Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces.

It has very elegant, beautiful design components with custom changes feature on color, theme, fonts, font weight, and much more.

It is a low-level CSS framework that gives you all of the building blocks you need to create bespoke designs without having to write a lot of custom CSS code.

It’s easy to get started with Tailwind and you can find plenty of resources online like:- https://tailwindui.com, https://tailwindcomponents.com much more, to help you get the most out of it.

If you are using the VSCode editor so you can also add an Extension for tailwind.

Learning curve — easy

Availability — Accessible via CDN or you can also download its packages