Pico CSS

Minimal CSS Framework for Semantic HTML

A minimalist and lightweight starter kit that prioritizes semantic syntax, making every HTML element responsive and elegant by default.

Write HTML, Add Pico CSS, and Voilà!


Table of Contents

[!NOTE] This is a community-driven successor to the Pico CSS framework with a few simple goals:

  1. Maintain pico minimally until its creator returns.
  2. Focus exclusively on the pico.css version, similar to how simple.css is maintained (for Sass version check @Yohn's fork instead).
  3. Keep all net new features in /anyblades/blades, shipped as pico.blades.css — a drop-in compatible replacement for pico.css.

What’s new in v2.2?

Now including all features from Blades CSS, shipped as pico.blades.css — a drop-in compatible replacement for pico.css.

Also, it includes various fixes for original @picocss/pico issues:

A Superpowered HTML Reset

With just the right amount of everything, Pico is great starting point for a clean and lightweight design system.

Quick start

There are 4 ways to get started with Pico+Blades CSS:

Install manually

Download Pico+Blades and link css/pico.blades.css in the <head> of your website.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/pico.blades.min.css" />

Usage from CDN

Alternatively, you can use jsDelivr CDN to link pico.blades.css:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="
  https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@anyblades/pico@^2.2.0-beta/css/pico.blades.min.css
"/>

Install with NPM 

npm install @anyblades/pico@beta @anyblades/blades

Then, import Pico+Blades into your CSS:

@import "@anyblades/pico";
@import "@anyblades/blades";

Starter HTML template 

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
    <meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/pico.blades.min.css" />
    <title>Hello world!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <main class="container">
      <h1>Hello world!</h1>
    </main>
  </body>
</html>

Documentation

Limitations

Pico CSS can be used without custom CSS for quick or small projects. However, it’s designed as a starting point, like a “reset CSS on steroids”. As Pico does not integrate many helpers or utility .classes, it requires CSS knowledge to build large projects.

Read more

Browser support

Pico CSS is designed and tested for the latest stable Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari releases. It does not support any version of IE, including IE 11.

Contributing

Licensed under the MIT License.