--- title: Water.css | daily.dev description: Water.css is a lightweight drop-in CSS framework that provides clean, semantic styling for simple websites without requiring custom CSS. It offers automatic... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/jdix1wfgs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Water.css | daily.dev og:description: Water.css is a lightweight drop-in CSS framework that provides clean, semantic styling for simple websites without requiring custom CSS. It offers automatic... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/jdix1wfgs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JdiX1wfGS.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Water.css **[Anja P](https://daily.dev/sources/wvjsfjtde63pxqfasmxfo)** · [@anjapcodes](https://daily.dev/anjapcodes) · 25 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Water.css is a lightweight drop-in CSS framework that provides clean, semantic styling for simple websites without requiring custom CSS. It offers automatic dark/light theme support using prefers-color-scheme, weighs only 3.27kb minified and gzipped, and includes mobile responsiveness out of the box. The framework can be easily integrated via CDN links and even includes a bookmarklet for applying styles to existing websites. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@petecapecod** · 3 upvotes > Cool project, I was kind of hoping for a small CSS library that did water & wave effects. > It's not that 😂 > But it does look nice and have a nice general design. **@thuandiep** · 2 upvotes > Oh! i think it matching with small project! and clear for junior! That good! I like it ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend), [#html](https://daily.dev/tags/html), [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/jdix1wfgs) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/jdix1wfgs","headline":"Water.css","text":"Shared: Water.css","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jdix1wfgs","datePublished":"2025-09-17T11:42:51.467Z","dateModified":"2025-09-17T11:43:28.409Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Anja P","url":"https://daily.dev/anjapcodes","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--M_c0s8Ky--/f_auto/v1721658650/avatars/avatar_WVJSfJtDe63PxQFAsmXFO","description":"< Self-taught front-end developer + coding bootcamp grad, tech enthusiast + design lover + poet />","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":51500}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":25},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/XqLhzKU0n"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Cool project, I was kind of hoping for a small CSS library that did water & wave effects.\nIt’s not that 😂\nBut it does look nice and have a nice general design.","datePublished":"2025-09-27T13:47:38.452Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/JdiX1wfGS#c-hIXJV4Ncv","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Peter Cruckshank","url":"https://daily.dev/petecapecod","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZJhQyKws--/f_auto/v1721235024/avatars/avatar_A9xh33q0QoxtkGoJRCosp"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Oh! i think it matching with small project! and clear for junior! 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