Ask HN: Bootstrap Alternatives?

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by stevenklein • 14 years ago

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Twitter Bootstrap is an amazing resource for free baseline styles, interface components and interactions. Are there other companies out there who have released their own version of similar resource?

ojr• 14 years ago

zurb http://foundation.zurb.com/

dylanhassinger• 14 years ago

I'm working on one, hope to release it officially soon.

http://bedrocktheme.com

Download it here: https://github.com/dylanized/bedrock

stevenklein4• 14 years ago

Would love to see updates when it's done -- stklein89@gmail.com

tonyjwang3• 14 years ago

If I'm a non-technical person with minimal coding skills (C++, editing HTML/CSS, rudimentary knowledge of Ruby), should I invest time and effort to learn Bootstrap/Foundation? My goal is to develop a functional MVP that I can take to potential customers; I've validated the need for my product through individual sales but feel like I need to test a semi-functioning site to see if my idea can scale.

Would appreciate suggestions, alternatives.

tonyjwang3• 14 years ago

Should I post this question as its own thread? I'm new to the HN community and haven't figured out all the norms around posting yet. Thanks.

twog• 14 years ago

No, you responded correctly.

tga• 14 years ago

You don't really "learn Bootstrap". If you can do web development, you just use whatever parts of Bootstrap you want by mirroring the homepage's code.

If not, it's HTML/CSS that you have to learn and then you'll find Bootstrap an good resource.

tonyjwang3• 14 years ago

That makes sense, thanks.

shpoonj• 14 years ago

http://getskeleton.com/

It's not nearly as complex as Bootstrap which is great when you want create some pages quickly and use your own styles.

stevenklein4• 14 years ago

I like the responsive grid. Would like to see some more UI elements but that doesn't really seem like that's it's goal in the first place.

bmelton• 14 years ago

I like Skeleton the best of all the recommendations I've seen thus far, and use it in most of my recent projects.

Skeleton, unlike all the other things I've seen mentioned, has almost no overhead, and pretty much stays out of your way. It's got sensible defaults, isn't as recognizable as bootstrap, and doesn't have any cruft.

The biggest knock on it is that it doesn't have enough widgets, but I for one don't want them. I just want a responsive grid framework that looks decent out of the box. If you're like-minded, Skeleton is a treasure.

jimmyjim• 14 years ago

Foundation by Zurb - http://foundation.zurb.com/ (which I think preceded Bootstrap's existence in time) is very polished, and really is a serious contender.

I recall someone earlier describing it as the preferred choice for those who want to go a few extra steps to retrofitting the framework to their own liking.

dylanpyle• 14 years ago

Thanks a ton for posting this - I didn't realize I was looking for a Bootstrap replacement 'til I found this thread, but this feels cleaner in a lot of very nice ways.

stevenklein4• 14 years ago

Ah exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks.

dlf• 14 years ago

Looked at this last week. Seems great and get's points for not being Bootstrappy. In the end, I ended up using Bootstrap and dealing with the hassle of digging through the CSS to get a less bootstrappy look so I could use the handy Javascript plugins that are included, namely scrollspy.

Looking back, I actually can't think of another reason why I chose Bootstrap over Foundation.

Afal• 14 years ago

HTML Kickstart - http://www.99lime.com/

fourmii• 14 years ago

This is pretty nice. Thanks! Has a ton of features I've been looking for.

stevenklein4• 14 years ago

Wow that is really nice. Thanks for commenting.

thedillio• 14 years ago

http://html5boilerplate.com/ is a great choice not yet mentioned. More of a blank slate though so you will need to do some design work. It is responsive in nature which makes formatting for mobile devices easier too.

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