# Concise CSS

CSS framework built from Sass and PostCSS sources, with a command-line compiler and optional UI and utility packages.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/concise-css/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Updated: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://concisecss.com
- repository: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css
- docs: https://concisecss.com/documentation/
- x: https://twitter.com/ConciseCSS

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Keenan Payne, Jaime Hernández
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: css-framework
- hosting: not applicable
- language: css
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT, Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 (documentation)

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2016-12-29

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 928
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 39
- contributors: 12
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 16
- dependentPackages: 8

### Sources

- status: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css/blob/dev/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://concisecss.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://concisecss.com/documentation/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css/releases/tag/v1.0.0 (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css/blob/dev/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://concisecss.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://api.github.com/repos/ConciseCSS/concise.css (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://concisecss.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://concisecss.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css/blob/dev/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css/blob/dev/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css/releases/tag/v4.1.2 (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css/releases/tag/v4.1.2 (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/ConciseCSS/concise.css/contributors (read 2026-10-26)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/concise.css (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/concise.css (read 2026-10-26)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/concise.css (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Concise CSS is a CSS framework written in Sass and processed with PostCSS. It is installed from the npm package or loaded from a CDN, and its repository holds a command-line compiler that turns the Sass source into a style sheet. The core covers native HTML elements, with a UI kit and utility classes offered as add-ons. The documentation presents it as an alternative to Bootstrap and Foundation.

## Worth knowing

The project is discontinued: the [repository README](https://github.com/ConciseCSS/concise.css/blob/dev/README.md) carries a notice that it is not actively maintained.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0