Three of BaseFrame's 13 frameworks are classless — they style semantic HTML directly. No classes needed.
Pico CSS, Sakura, and MVP.css prove that you can build a good-looking website with nothing but semantic HTML elements. No class="btn btn-primary". Just <button>.
The trade-off is customisation. Classless frameworks give you less control over individual elements. But for content-heavy sites — blogs, documentation, articles — they are perfect.
When to use classless
- Content-first sites where the writing matters more than the chrome
- Documentation and knowledge bases
- Rapid prototyping
- Sites where you want zero CSS maintenance