# Picnic CSS

CSS library that styles native HTML elements, with a CDN build, npm package and SCSS source.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/picnic/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-27
Updated: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-27

## Record

### Links

- home: https://picnicss.com/
- repository: https://github.com/franciscop/picnic

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Francisco Presencia
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- 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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3878
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 1451
- contributors: 42
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 171
- dependentPackages: 10

### Sources

- urls: https://picnicss.com/ (read 2026-10-27)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/franciscop/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- maintainer: https://github.com/franciscop/picnic/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-27)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/franciscop/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- category: https://github.com/franciscop/picnic/blob/master/readme.md (read 2026-10-27)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/franciscop/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- licenseModel: https://api.github.com/repos/franciscop/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/franciscop/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/franciscop/picnic/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-27)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/picnic (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/picnic (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://github.com/franciscop/picnic/blob/master/readme.md (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://github.com/franciscop/picnic/blob/master/readme.md (read 2026-10-27)
- installMethod: https://github.com/franciscop/picnic/blob/master/readme.md (read 2026-10-27)

## Notes

Picnic CSS is a stylesheet that styles native HTML elements directly, so they need no presentation classes. The project's own term for this approach is invasive. The stylesheet is available from a CDN, from npm and from Bower, and the SCSS source lets a site set its own variables before import. The README names Milligram, PureCSS, Bootstrap and Min as alternatives.

## Worth knowing

The README says the approach is difficult to drop into a project that already exists. Its stated support covers IE11 and newer.

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