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The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.

252 mentions on Hacker News by 226 people: 46 stories, 206 comments · first 2011-08-19 · latest 2025-10-25

Mentions per year 252 mentions · busiest year 2012 (59)
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  1. PR to bootstrap project done: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/16901
  2. …a left margin because the scrollbar width is different in every OS. This is what bootstrap does: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/83bfff7f0765503b990b9...
    comment by moretti · 2015-07-29 · in Modals in React
  3. …time back in HS) but I'd bet you 90% of the code contributions are with the top 5 committers. [1] https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/2054
    comment by anon3_ · 2015-07-25 · in The Battle for Wesnoth needs help
  4. …days and Bootstrap uses pixels, too. Here is a discussion about the topic in their issue tracker: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/1943 Ultimately their solution is to drop IE8 support and use rem, which is relative to the body…
  5. …HTML around and your stylesheets aren't in sync. Of course, prefixing isn't for everyone -- e.g. https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/1235 -- some argue you should know all the styles on your page and how they interact, even if using a…
    comment by lstamour · 2015-07-10 · in Show HN: CSS Quality Guide
  6. …I did to practice: Pick a CSS framework and look through the source. Bootstrap is a great one ( https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/dist/css/boots... ). You can read through their documentation and find the styles in the source…
    comment by marcusmolchany · 2015-06-01 · in Ask HN: How do I get better at CSS?
  7. I believe this is what you're talking about https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/3057
    comment by slig · 2015-03-05 · in The infernal semicolon (2012)
  8. …community: using technical arcana in production code as if it was a good thing. Just one example: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/3057
    comment by billyhoffman · 2015-02-17 · in You Don't Know JavaScript Book Series
  9. …isolated, and well thought out. But don't take my word for it! The "affix" plugin in bootstrap: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/js/affix.js The equivalent in foundation: https://github.com/zurb/foundation/blob/master/js/founda…
    comment by lynndylanhurley · 2014-10-30 · in Bootstrap 3.3.0 and Bootstrap 4
  10. Most likely there will be two tiers for phones: landscape (480-768px) and portrait (0-480px). https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/10203
    comment by rpedela · 2014-10-29 · in Bootstrap 3.3.0 and Bootstrap 4
  11. Thanks, it's based on GitHub releases (Git tags -- ex. https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/releases ). So anytime a new release is published it will send you an email with any details that they included with the release.
  12. …are priceless to me, and certainly motivate me much more than the bad parts demotivate me. [0] https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/3057#issuecomment-5...
  13. …tps://squizlabs.github.io/HTML_CodeSniffer/ [1] http://www.visionaustralia.org/digital-access-cca [2] https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/3572
  14. …import the components using LESS or SCSS [1]. [0] http://getbootstrap.com/customize/ [1] https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/bootstrap...
  15. https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/mixins/ve... They are indeed! ;-)
  16. …is a bootstrap-based site, using standard breakpoints. [1] http://getbootstrap.com/customize/ [2] https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/ [3] https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-sass/
    comment by grrowl · 2014-07-16 · in Why the Bootstrap 3 Grid Works (2013)
  17. …might find it not working properly with things like the input or button groups, for example. [1]: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/ [2]: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/grid.less
    comment by madeofpalk · 2014-07-06 · in Decouple Bootstrap from your html
  18. ▲ 14
    Ask HN: What are your staple tools for creating a good UI/UX?
    story by dennybritz · 2014-07-01 · 6 comments
  19. …when developing for Rails simply followed that with `grunt` when they moved to JavaScript. [0]: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/commit/0d33455ef486d0cf06c...
    comment by jeffbr13 · 2014-03-25 · in The Ultimate Frontend Build tool: make
  20. ▲ 2
    Bootstrap 3.1.1 released
    story by jdorfman · 2014-02-13 · 0 comments
  21. …sorts of additional customizations [3] to it, BS just provides a nice initial setup for that. [0]: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap [1]: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/Gruntfile.js [2]:…
    comment by SkyMarshal · 2014-01-30 · in Bootstrap 3.1 released
  22. …http://blog.getbootstrap.com/2013/08/19/bootstrap-3-released... Code at top of scaffolding.less: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/scaffoldi...
    comment by cmicali · 2014-01-30 · in Bootstrap 3.1 released
  23. ▲ 268
    Bootstrap 3.1 released
    story by rayshan · 2014-01-30 · 129 comments
  24. …stylesheets[1]? I usually import only around half of the bootstrap-sass stylesheets[2]. [1] https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/tree/master/less [2] https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap-sass/tree/master/vendor/as...
    comment by subsection1h · 2014-01-22 · in CSS 'frameworks' are missing the point (2008)
  25. …semi-colon free. I really don't like the style personally, but I'm not about to start a flame war. https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/js/dropdown.js
    comment by jonknee · 2014-01-15 · in The Next Phase of Node.js
  26. …I haven't read a pull request discussion like that since the semicolon battle in Bootstrap ( https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/3057 ). At least the semi-colon pull request actually fixed something.
    comment by jonknee · 2014-01-15 · in The Next Phase of Node.js
  27. Ho boy not this again... https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/3057
    comment by prezjordan · 2013-12-28 · in My Favorite jQuery Plugin Template
  28. …with the huge package repository [2] - separate test and prod builds, htmlminification, etc. [1]: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap [2]: http://gruntjs.com/plugins
  29. …to assume that the author wrote this rant without submitting an issue or pull request to Bootstrap? https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap
    comment by molecule · 2013-10-04 · in How Twitter is Destroying the Web
  30. …styles with a pattern ([class^="icon-"]). Read about the other motivations for the change here: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/6342
  31. Regardless, Bootstrap appears to be assessing a migration to the MIT license in 3.1: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/9397
  32. The Bootstrap 3 ticket/discussion is also pretty epic. [1] [1] https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/6342
    comment by chocolateboy · 2013-09-23 · in Most detailed Github issue ever
  33. They've acknowledged broken hovers as a bug, good ones are slated to return in 3.0.1 https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/9879
    comment by kipple · 2013-08-20 · in Bootstrap 3 released
  34. Here's the corresponding issue on Github: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/8706
    comment by aram · 2013-08-14 · in Bootstrap 3 RC2
  35. …still can't get in touch with ~10% of users to get them to approve the addition of an MIT license: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/2054
    comment by nikcub · 2013-08-09 · in Keep Your GitHub Email Address Private
  36. …you mention is broken because the bootstrap repository moved from twitter to twbs. The new link is https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/3057 . Also note, that ultimately regardless of personal semicolon preference, this was an issue…
    comment by testing12341234 · 2013-08-01 · in Javascript Constructors and Prototypes
  37. …anyway. It just seems really hipster to me. Use CoffeeScript, if you don't want semicolons. [1] https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/issues/3057
    comment by wldlyinaccurate · 2013-08-01 · in Javascript Constructors and Prototypes
  38. The Bootstrap 3 pull request has a lot of details about what is changing: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/6342
    comment by pixelmonkey · 2013-07-29 · in Bootstrap 3
  39. …to do with skeuomorphism or anything like that. Stop reading the tea leaves, people. Source: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/6342#issuecomment-123...
    comment by pixelmonkey · 2013-07-29 · in Bootstrap 3
  40. It's probably best if you submit bugs to their issue tracker: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues
    comment by frakkingcylons · 2013-07-29 · in Bootstrap 3
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    Bootstrap 3 Change Log
    story by shaaaaawn · 2013-07-29 · 0 comments
  42. Issue submitted: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/8782
    comment by epmatsw · 2013-07-29 · in Bootstrap 3
  43. …codebase. Compare mixins.less https://github.com/sapo/Ink/blob/develop/less/modules/mixins... https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/less/mixins.le... Personally, I like it. It's nice to have competition :)
    comment by JohnDotAwesome · 2013-07-29 · in Ink – Interface Kit
  44. ▲ 2
    Bootstrap 3 doesn't support Linux?
    story by paglia_s · 2013-07-29 · 0 comments
  45. This looks like the changelog: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/6342
    comment by dave1010uk · 2013-07-29 · in Bootstrap 3
  46. Use the https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap repository instead
    comment by kuratowsky · 2013-07-29
  47. Good thing that Bootstrap is made up of a bunch of separate modules. https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/tree/3.0.0-wip/less
    comment by Gigablah · 2013-07-27 · in Bootstrap 3 RC1
  48. …watch, be my guest: http://blog.getbootstrap.com . I've been keeping an eye on the pull request ( https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/pull/6342 ) and the gh-pages branch ( https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/tree/gh-pages ) for other…
    comment by taspeotis · 2013-07-27 · in Bootstrap 3 RC1
  49. ▲ 6
    Ask HN: Your opinion of Bootstrap
    story by Sealy · 2013-07-10 · 13 comments
  50. Is it really that hard to navigate to the source? https://github.com/twitter/bootstrap/blob/master/less/mixins... If you are using LESS, you are probably capable of looking at Twitter Bootstrap's LESS files to find them.
    comment by wise_young_man · 2013-07-06 · in Twitter Bootstrap's Undocumented Mixins