{"id":36805,"date":"2019-07-15T18:11:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T10:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=36805"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:21:52","slug":"picnic-css-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost Your Web Projects with Picnic CSS &#8211; A Lightweight Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some developers prefer detailed UI libraries, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/bootstrap-and-sass\/\">Bootstrap<\/a>, for its feature-rich styles. But, there are many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/vital-css-web-framework\/\">smaller CSS libraries<\/a> made for <strong>subtle design aesthetics<\/strong> and <strong>customization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a <strong>small yet stylish CSS library<\/strong> I recommend <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/picnicss.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picnic CSS<\/a><\/strong>. It\u2019s completely free, open source, and works without much editing to jazz up your pages with simple yet elegant styles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/bootstrap-alternatives\/\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Lightweight Alternatives To Bootstrap & Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All native HTML elements are <strong>restyled by default<\/strong>, so you don\u2019t even need to rely on classes. Just add the Picnic stylesheet to your web page and refresh. You\u2019ll notice all the forms, buttons, and typographic elements all take on a new look.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, this library <strong>does support modular design<\/strong> with options for customizing everything. It\u2019s <strong>all written in Sass<\/strong>, so you really need to be a Sass developer to work through the code.<\/p>\n<p>You have access to all the default typography, classes, grid systems, and variables used for styling & coloring page elements.<\/p>\n<p>Picnic CSS was also built to be incredibly small and it <strong>measures only 10KB in size<\/strong> when minified. This is about 1\/10<sup>th<\/sup> of Bootstrap and it still has all the charm you\u2019d expect in a custom UI framework.<\/p>\n<p>Since this is a small library, it <strong>doesn\u2019t have any dynamic features<\/strong>. But, you can see examples on the <a href=\"https:\/\/picnicss.com\/tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">test page<\/a> which includes buttons, headers, cards, inputs, tabs and other similar elements.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/picnicss.com\/tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/picnic-css-library\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg\" alt=\"Picnic CSS code\" width=\"1000\" height=\"658\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the dynamic elements, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/picnicss.com\/documentation#modal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modals<\/a> and tabs, <strong>work with pure CSS<\/strong>. So, you can also build compliant websites by ignoring JavaScript completely. Pretty cool!<\/p>\n<p>I do think the default Picnic styles are a tad bland so they could use some retouching. But, overall, I adore this library and it\u2019s one of the simplest ways to start a new project on the right foot.<\/p>\n<p>To get started, visit the Picnic CSS <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/franciscop\/picnic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GitHub page<\/a> to <strong>download a copy<\/strong> and <strong>view some samples<\/strong>. You can also <strong>browse the <a href=\"https:\/\/picnicss.com\/documentation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online documentation<\/a><\/strong> to see how each element works and what you need to get it all running.<\/p>\n<p>Picnic is even <strong>available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsdelivr.com\/package\/npm\/picnic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on a CDN<\/a><\/strong>, so you don\u2019t even need to download files locally to get started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Read Also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/minimalist-css-framework-wing\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Wing \u2013 Minimalist CSS Framework Web Designers Want<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some developers prefer detailed UI libraries, such as Bootstrap, for its feature-rich styles. But, there are many smaller CSS libraries made for subtle design aesthetics and customization. If you\u2019re looking for a small yet stylish CSS library I recommend Picnic CSS. It\u2019s completely free, open source, and works without much editing to jazz up your&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3393],"tags":[],"topic":[4520],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Picnic CSS is An Lightweight CSS Library For Any Web Projects<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some developers prefer detailed UI libraries, such as Bootstrap, for its feature-rich styles. But, there are many smaller CSS libraries made for subtle\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boost Your Web Projects with Picnic CSS - A Lightweight Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some developers prefer detailed UI libraries, such as Bootstrap, for its feature-rich styles. But, there are many smaller CSS libraries made for subtle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hongkiatcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-15T10:11:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-06T11:21:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/picnic-css-library\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jake Rocheleau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jake Rocheleau\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jake Rocheleau\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/966b2daea15283b4145e71aa98a82c2a\"},\"headline\":\"Boost Your Web Projects with Picnic CSS &#8211; A Lightweight Library\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-15T10:11:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-06T11:21:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":380,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Toolkit\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/\",\"name\":\"Picnic CSS is An Lightweight CSS Library For Any Web Projects\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-15T10:11:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-06T11:21:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"Some developers prefer detailed UI libraries, such as Bootstrap, for its feature-rich styles. But, there are many smaller CSS libraries made for subtle\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/picnic-css-library\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boost Your Web Projects with Picnic CSS &#8211; A Lightweight Library\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hongkiat\",\"description\":\"Tech and Design Tips\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Hongkiat.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/hkdc-logo-rect-yoast.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/hkdc-logo-rect-yoast.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":799,\"caption\":\"Hongkiat.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/hongkiatcom\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/hongkiat\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/hongkiat\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/966b2daea15283b4145e71aa98a82c2a\",\"name\":\"Jake Rocheleau\",\"description\":\"Jake is a writer and designer with over 10 years experience working on the web. He writes about user experience design and cool resources for designers\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/jake\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Picnic CSS is An Lightweight CSS Library For Any Web Projects","description":"Some developers prefer detailed UI libraries, such as Bootstrap, for its feature-rich styles. But, there are many smaller CSS libraries made for subtle","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Boost Your Web Projects with Picnic CSS - A Lightweight Library","og_description":"Some developers prefer detailed UI libraries, such as Bootstrap, for its feature-rich styles. But, there are many smaller CSS libraries made for subtle","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/","og_site_name":"Hongkiat","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hongkiatcom","article_published_time":"2019-07-15T10:11:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-04-06T11:21:52+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/picnic-css-library\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Jake Rocheleau","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@hongkiat","twitter_site":"@hongkiat","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jake Rocheleau","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/"},"author":{"name":"Jake Rocheleau","@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/966b2daea15283b4145e71aa98a82c2a"},"headline":"Boost Your Web Projects with Picnic CSS &#8211; A Lightweight Library","datePublished":"2019-07-15T10:11:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-06T11:21:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/"},"wordCount":380,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/picnic-css-library\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg","articleSection":["Toolkit"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/","name":"Picnic CSS is An Lightweight CSS Library For Any Web Projects","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/picnic-css-library\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg","datePublished":"2019-07-15T10:11:32+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-06T11:21:52+00:00","description":"Some developers prefer detailed UI libraries, such as Bootstrap, for its feature-rich styles. But, there are many smaller CSS libraries made for subtle","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/picnic-css-library\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/picnic-css-library\/02-picnic-css-open-source.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/picnic-css-library\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boost Your Web Projects with Picnic CSS &#8211; A Lightweight Library"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/","name":"Hongkiat","description":"Tech and Design Tips","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Hongkiat.com","url":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hkdc-logo-rect-yoast.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hkdc-logo-rect-yoast.jpg","width":1200,"height":799,"caption":"Hongkiat.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hongkiatcom","https:\/\/x.com\/hongkiat","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/hongkiat\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/966b2daea15283b4145e71aa98a82c2a","name":"Jake Rocheleau","description":"Jake is a writer and designer with over 10 years experience working on the web. He writes about user experience design and cool resources for designers","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/author\/jake\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uxU-9zD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66059,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36805\/revisions\/66059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36805"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=36805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}