# ress

> A modern CSS reset

Latest version **6.0.0** (published 2026-08-08) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install ress
pnpm add ress
yarn add ress
bun add ress
```

## Health

**Score 50/100 (C)** — status: active.

Positive: no vulnerabilities; recently updated.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.0.0 |
| Published | 2026-08-08 |
| First published | 2016-06-28 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 20.7 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 2078 |
| Author | Filipe Linhares |
| Maintainers | filipelinhares |
| Keywords | css, reset |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ress
- Repository: https://github.com/filipelinhares/ress
- Issues: https://github.com/filipelinhares/ress/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/ress

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## Recent versions

- 6.0.0 (latest) — 2026-08-08
- 5.0.2 — 2022-03-09
- 5.0.0 — 2022-03-09
- 5.0.1 — 2022-03-09
- 4.0.0 — 2021-04-21
- 3.0.0 — 2020-07-24
- 2.0.4 — 2020-01-17
- 2.0.3 — 2019-12-30
- 2.0.2 — 2019-11-19
- 2.0.1 — 2019-09-27
- 2.0.0 — 2019-09-27
- 1.2.2 — 2017-02-09
- 1.1.2 — 2016-11-08
- 1.1.1 — 2016-07-07
- 1.0.1 — 2016-07-02
- … 1 more at https://npm.io/package/ress/versions

## README

![A brunch and the ress name](https://i.imgur.com/NHz9ef3.png)

Modern CSS reset

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/filipelinhares/ress.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/filipelinhares/ress) [![Size](https://img.shields.io/bundlephobia/min/ress?color=orange)](https://github.com/filipelinhares/ress/blob/master/dist/ress.min.css) [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ress.svg)](https://npmjs.com/ress)

## Installation

```sh
npm install --save ress
```

or

```sh
yarn add ress
```

## Features

1. Apply `box-sizing: border-box;` in all elements.
2. Reset `padding` and `margin` in all elements.
3. Specify `background-repeat: no-repeat` in all elements and pseudo elements.
4. Inherit `text-decoration` and `vertical-align` to `::before` and `::after`.
5. Remove the `outline` when hovering in all browsers.
6. Specify `font-family: monospace` in code elements.
7. Reset `border-radius` in input elements.
8. Specify font inheritance of form elements.
9. Remove the default button styling in all browsers.
10. Specify textarea resizability to vertical.
11. Apply `cursor: pointer` to button elements.
12. Apply `tab-size: 4` in `html`.
13. Style `select` like a standard input.
14. Style `cursor` by aria attributes.

## Crossbrowser

**ress** uses [Normalize.css](https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css) under the hood with some customizations to apply a solid base to start your stylesheet.

## Browser support

- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox ESR+
- Internet Explorer 10+
- Opera
- Safari 8+

## CDN

[**unpkg**](https://unpkg.com)

```sh
https://unpkg.com/ress/dist/ress.min.css
```

[**jsDevlivr**](https://www.jsdelivr.com/)

```sh
# Production
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/ress@4.0.0/dist/ress.min.css

# Development
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/filipelinhares/ress@latest/dist/ress.min.css
```

## License

[MIT](LICENSE.md) © Filipe Linhares

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