thoughtbot / Neat

A lightweight and flexible Sass grid

Note: This project is no longer maintained. We favor and encourage people to use native CSS features like Grid and Flexbox. Float-based grid frameworks like Neat are no longer necessary.

Neat is a fluid grid framework with the aim of being easy enough to use out of the box and flexible enough to customize down the road.

Helpful Links

• Demos
• Documentation
• Change log
• Twitter
• Stack Overflow
• Neat 2.0 Building the future of floated Sass grids by @whmii
• Getting started with Neat 2.0, a lightweight and flexible Sass grid by @whmii

Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Command Line Interface
• The Bourbon Family
• Contributing
• License
• About

Requirements

• Sass 3.4+ or LibSass 3.3+

Installation

1. Install the Neat gem using the RubyGems package manager:

   gem install neat

2. Install or update Neat’s dependencies:

   gem install sass # or gem update sass

   Pro Tip: You can target installation into a specific directory using the path flag:

   neat install --path my/custom/path/

3. Install the Neat library into the current directory:

   neat install

4. Import Neat in your stylesheet:

   @import "neat/neat";

   It’s not recommended to add or modify the Neat files so that you can update them easily.

Installation for Ruby on Rails 4.2+

1. Add Neat to your Gemfile:

   gem "neat"

2. Then run:

   bundle install

   If you see the error Bundler could not find compatible versions for gem "sass", run:

   bundle update sass

3. Import Neat in your application.scss:

   @import "neat";

   It should be noted that @import rules are not compatible with Sprockets directives. You need to use one or the other.

Installing with npm and using a Node-based asset pipeline

1. Add Neat as a dependency:

   npm install --save bourbon-neat

2. If you’re using eyeglass, skip to Step 3. Otherwise, you’ll need to add Neat to your node-sass includePaths option. require("bourbon-neat").includePaths is an array of directories that you should pass to node-sass. How you do this depends on how node-sass is integrated into your project.

3. Import Neat into your Sass files:

   @import "neat";

Installing older versions of Neat

1. Uninstall any Neat gem versions you already have:

   gem uninstall neat

2. Reinstall the Neat gem, using the -v flag to specify the version you need:

   gem install neat -v 1.8.1

3. Follow the instructions above to install Neat into your project.

Command Line Interface

neat [options]

Options

Commands

The Bourbon family

• Bourbon: A lightweight Sass tool set
• Bitters: Scaffold styles, variables and structure for Bourbon projects

Contributing

See the contributing document. Thank you, contributors!

License

Neat is copyright © 2012 thoughtbot, inc. It is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the license.

About

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