Kernel.css NPM

Welcome to the kernel.css framework!

Introduction

What is it?

The kernel.css framework is a unintrusive, lightweight and semantic CSS and JavaScript framework inspired by the material design spec. It uses prefixes for all it's classes. It's meant to be a foundation to your projects, and not a complete product.

Features

Includes all the main colors specified in the material design colors spec.
Grid system based on flexbox.
Navigation with four preset sizes (ke-header-xs, ke-header-sm, ke-header-lg, ke-header-xl).
Cubic-bezier transitions.

Why was it created?

kernel.css was originally created for the Ionogy Libre project. We needed a framework that could be used for creating everything from websites to webapps, and the likes. It also had to be customizable in order to let users style their application how they wanted, but no other frameworks fit those requirements well enough. That is why it was decided to release it as a standalone project.

It's far from finished

The kernel.css framework is an ever evolving project, and will continue to be improved upon. We hope you will find it useful.

Installation

Simple. Just include these tags in your html.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="kernel.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="kernel.js"></script>

Navigation code example

<body class="ke-base">
  <header class="ke-header ke-header-sm">
    <div class="ke-header-brand">kernel.css</div>

    <button class="nav-toggle">
        <i class="material-icons">menu</i>
    </button>

    <div class="ke-container">
      <nav class="ke-nav">
        <ul>
          <li class="ke-nav-active-state"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Download</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Wiki</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">About us</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
      <nav class="ke-nav ke-float-right">
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#">Blog</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </div>
  </header>
</body>

Contribute

If you like the project and would like to contribute, you can do so at github.

You can also help support the continued development of this project on

kernel.css uses stylus internally as it's CSS Preprocessor.

Contributing code

Required software:

git
nodejs
npm (bundled with nodejs)

The kernel.css webpage is located in the /docs directory, and the project examples are found in the /docs/examples directory.

You can find the stylus CSS files in the /stylus directory.

After you build your project with "npm run compile" or "npm run watch", the newly built kernel.css file can be found in the /build directory. Please use the index.html file in /test directory which uses the css file in /build, to test your changes.

Please run the "npm run lint" script before you commit any changes.

You can run "npm run release" to create a release directory.