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Bulma – Flexbox CSS framework

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 3 of them.

submissions
8
submitters
8
observed span
2016–2024
peak thread · 63 comments
162 pts
latest 20+ return · 2024-10-27
48 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

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If you are looking for light-weight (no Jquery) and flexible alternatives to Bootstrap, you might also like utility toolkit (combine classes for flexible design systems) like Tachyon (http://tachyons.io/) or TailwindCSS (https://tailwindcss.com/). These toolkits have sped up my webdev while make me feel like really controlling what I do (Bootstrap always felt like working against the system when customizing stuff)

mcbetz·162-point thread·

Bulma was on HN about six months ago as well, discussion is interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11005510

aorth·106-point thread·

Backend guy here, but I wrote my website's Rails+Turbo frontend with Bulma. It's been pleasant, works well enough, generally hassle-free for typical web CMS-blog-infosite type duties. My only real complaint is the navbar menus lack submenus.

pdntspa·48-point thread·

Bulma is fantastic!

rman666·3-point thread·

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Breakout years
3

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
335

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
162

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2016-01-30Bulma – A modern CSS framework based on Flexboxfermigier60
2016-02-06Bulma: A modern CSS framework based on Flexboxnotdarkyet40
2016-02-10Bulma: a modern CSS framework based on Flexboxjaxondu30
2016-08-07Bulma – A modern CSS framework based on FlexboxFirst breakoutreimertz10645
2018-08-11Bulma – Flexbox CSS frameworkBest threadanw16263
2023-02-12Bulma: The modern CSS framework that just worksfreddypaulo31
2024-03-24Bulma CSS is now 1.0.0SomethingNew7130
2024-10-27Bulma CSS FrameworkLatest 20+ point returngjvc4853