Comparing classless CSS frameworks

Classless CSS frameworks offer a simplistic and efficient way to style web pages by applying styles directly to semantic HTML tags without the need for predefined classes, unlike class-based CSS frameworks. These frameworks are particularly useful for quickly styling raw HTML in scenarios like simple blogs, legacy static webpages, or Markdown-rendered content, offering customization through CSS variables and themes. The article discusses the differences between classless, class-light, and class-based CSS frameworks, highlighting that class-light frameworks combine features of both classless and class-based frameworks. It also compares ten popular classless CSS frameworks such as New.css, Sakura, and MVP.css, providing insights into their features, use cases, and performance, emphasizing the ease of customization and potential for instant enhancement of raw HTML. Classless frameworks are particularly advantageous for prototyping and developing minimalistic web applications, and they allow developers to quickly modernize web pages by simply importing a stylesheet.