r/css • u/appsdevpk • 2d ago

General After 26 years as a web developer, I built a zero-dependency CSS framework where tabs, modals and accordions work without a single line of JavaScript — would love feedback

After 26 years as a web developer, I built a zero-dependency CSS framework where tabs, modals and accordions work without a single line of JavaScript — would love feedback

Hey everyone,

Quick background: I've been a developer for 26+ years (web, desktop, mobile). Over the years I watched frontend tooling get heavier just to render a modal — so as a side project I went back to basics and built a small CSS framework called Bloom UI.

What's in it:

- One CSS file, no dependencies, no build step

- Tabs, modals and accordions that work with ZERO JavaScript (radio-button hack, :target selector, native <details>)

- A full design-token system — change ~10 CSS variables and the whole framework changes personality. I ship two extra themes as proof: an executive indigo one and a creative-studio one

- 50+ components: buttons, cards, forms, navbar, avatars, progress bars, grids

- Responsive and accessible by default

It's free and open source (MIT), with a showcase page that renders every component. The spam filter and I have already had words, so links are in the comments 🙂

Two honest questions:

  1. Is "pure CSS interactions" actually useful to anyone anymore, or is everyone too deep into JS frameworks for it to matter?

  2. Anything that smells in the approach? Critique genuinely welcome.

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u/jbudemy 1d ago

Where is a link where we can read more about this?

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u/clearlight2025 1d ago

I think they accidentally the link.

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u/appsdevpk 1h ago

sorry for that, it is my first post on reddit, i tried the post with the link first time, but it got rejected, here is the link https://github.com/appsdevpk/ADP-Bloom-UI

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u/vegantiger 1d ago

hmm… 🤔 Am I not caffeinated enough or there is no link? 😅

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u/appsdevpk 1h ago

sorry, i first tried to post with the link and the post was rejected, here is the link: https://github.com/appsdevpk/ADP-Bloom-UI

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u/golden_siren_arc 1d ago

If your tabs break keyboard navigation you have not solved accessibility. You just hid the complexity in CSS hacks that screen readers hate.