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Pico CSS

Minimal CSS Framework for semantic HTML
Elegant styles for all native HTML elements without .classes and dark mode automatically enabled.

Examples · Documentation

Pico CSS

Standard gzipped CSS Classless gzipped CSS Github release npm version License Twitter URL

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Class-light and semantic
Pico uses simple native HTML tags as much as possible. Less than 10 .classes are used in Pico.

Great styles with just one CSS file
No dependencies, package manager, external files, or JavaScript.

Responsive everything
Elegant and consistent adaptive spacings and typography on all devices.

Light or Dark mode
Shipped with two beautiful color themes, automatically enabled according to the user preference.

Table of contents

Usage

There are 4 ways to get started with Pico CSS:

Install manually

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

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

Install from CDN

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

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@picocss/pico@1/css/pico.min.css">

Install with NPM

npm install @picocss/pico

Install with Composer

composer require picocss/pico

Class-less version

Pico provides a .classless version (example).

In this version, header, main and footer act as containers.

Use the default .classless version if you need centered viewports:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@picocss/pico@1/css/pico.classless.min.css">

Or use the .fluid.classless version if you need a fluid container:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@picocss/pico@1/css/pico.fluid.classless.min.css">

Then just write pure HTML, and it should look great:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@picocss/pico@1/css/pico.classless.min.css">
    <title>Hello, world!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <main>
      <h1>Hello, world!</h1>
    </main>
  </body>
</html>

Examples

Minimalist templates to discover Pico in action:

Examples

  • Preview
    A starter example with most of the Pico components and styles.

  • Right-to-left (RTL) preview
    A starter example in Arabic with most of the Pico components and styles.

  • Classless
    A pure semantic HTML markup, without .classes.

  • Basic template
    A basic custom template for Pico using only CSS custom properties (variables).

  • Company
    A classic company or blog layout with a sidebar.

  • Google Amp
    A simple layout for Google Amp, with inlined CSS.

  • Sign in
    A minimalist layout for Login pages.

  • Pico + Bootstrap grid system
    Custom CSS build with the Bootstrap grid system to manage complex grid layouts in Pico.

All examples are open-sourced in picocss/examples.

Limitations

Pico 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 any helpers or utilities .classes, this minimal CSS framework requires SCSS or CSS knowledge to build large projects.

Documentation

Getting started

Layout

Elements

Components

Utilities

Browser support

Pico 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

If you are interested in contributing to Pico CSS, please read our contributing guidelines.

Copyright and license

Licensed under the MIT License.

Relevant third-party tools and resources we depend on:

Website and docs:

Pico Library: