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Issue #652  (CSS/HTML, Git/CLI, Build Tools)01/15/26


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CSS & HTML Tools

styled-components-last-resort β€” A temporary, drop-in replacement for styled-components that addresses some of the performance issues with the styling solution related to the use of React 18.

HTML to Markdown MCP Server β€” An MCP server that will fetch HTML from any URL and convert the content to clean, formatted Markdown using Turndown.js.

Aether CSS β€” A playground for fiddling with and learning how to incorporate liquid glass, glassmorphism, and neumorphism effects with CSS, with advanced options and a live preview.

Make Your Website Fast β€” Page speed matters for visitor experience, conversion rates, and Google rankings. Test your website to see how you can improve!    SPONSORED 

css-color-component β€” A standalone web component color picker powered by colorjs.io and Preact signals (for state), with support for sRGB, HSL, HWB, LAB, LCH, OKLCH, OKLAB, and wide-gamut RGB-like spaces.

CSSOM β€” A CSS parser written in pure JavaScript that's also a partial implementation of the CSS Object Model.

Volume β€” A professional 3D OKLCH color picker and procedural palette generator for UI and design-system creators, to help you create consistent, accessible, and harmonious palettes grounded in color science.

Volume

Design.dev β€” A resource of 30+ interactive CSS and other tools for generating code for gradients, tooltips, color contrast, shadows, filters, confetti, redirects, and more.

Nxtlify β€” An online tool to build beautiful, customizable themes for your Nuxt UI components, allowing you to define your own colors and customize all variants to your liking.

Git, GitHub, and CLI Tools

git-wt β€” A configurable Git subcommand, built in Go, that makes `git worktree` simple.

Fresh β€” A terminal text editor that's easy to learn, blazing fast, and has IDE features like familiar keybindings, full mouse support, menus, and a command palette.

smartcommit β€” An intelligent, AI-powered CLI tool that helps you write semantic, Conventional Commits effortlessly, based on how it analyzes your staged changes.

mani β€” A CLI tool that helps you manage multiple repositories, useful when working with microservices, multi-project systems, multiple libraries, or just want a central location for a collection of repos.

taws β€” A terminal UI to interact with your AWS resources, to make it easier to navigate, observe, and manage your AWS infrastructure in the wild.

Visual Testing Without the Meter Running β€” Per-screenshot pricing punishes coverage. Vizzly uses team-based pricing – unlimited tests, one predictable cost. Local TDD for instant feedback. Auto-handles timestamps and dynamic content. Start free, scale without worry.    SPONSORED 

Ratatui β€” A Rust library for building fast, lightweight, and powerful TUIs, interactive dashboards, command-line games, and modern terminal experiences.

Ratatui

git-rewrite-commits β€” An AI-powered Git commit message rewriter that automatically rewrites your entire commit history with better, conventional commit messages, useful for cleaning up messy commit histories.

FastTableViewer β€” A fast, feature-rich CSV/TSV/delimited file viewer for the command line that brings spreadsheet-like functionality to your terminal with Vim-inspired controls.
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Build Tools, Bundlers, etc.

eslint-plugin-baseline-js β€” An ESLint plugin to enforce the JavaScript Baseline with a single rule defined as "widely", "newly", or a given year.

safe-npm β€” A security-focused npm installer that protects your projects from newly compromised packages, allowing you to only install packages that have been publicly available for a set time (90 days is default).

Sonda β€” A universal bundle analyzer and visualizer that generates an interactive HTML report that's more accurate and detailed than some alternatives.

Generate Badge β€” Enter an npm package name and this tool will generate a badge that tells users how many dependencies the package has, with option to embed the result directly into your repo README.

Visual Testing Without the Meter Running β€” Per-screenshot pricing punishes coverage. Vizzly uses team-based pricing – unlimited tests, one predictable cost. Local TDD for instant feedback. Auto-handles timestamps and dynamic content. Start free, scale without worry.    SPONSORED 

Rslint β€” A high-performance JavaScript and TypeScript linter written in Go that offers strong compatibility with the ESLint and TypeScript-ESLint ecosystem, allowing for seamless replacement, and provides lightning-fast linting speeds.

Rslint

Remend β€” A lightweight utility that handles incomplete Markdown syntax when AI models stream Markdown token-by-token and end up with malformed syntax.

KubeVela β€” A modern application delivery platform that makes deploying and operating applications across today's hybrid, multi-cloud environments easier, faster and more reliable.

PrinceJS β€” An ultra-clean, modern, and minimal Bun web framework, boasting that it's one of the smallest backend frameworks available, and it's built by a 13-year old!

Commercial Apps & Classifieds

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IvyForms – An innovative WordPress form builder to build smarter, faster forms directly in WordPress.
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DevKnife – A native Mac app that replaces browser tabs, CLI scripts, and scattered tools.

A Social Post for Thought

Kind of an interesting post on X in light of all the recent drama surrounding Tailwind and the company's layoffs.
 
Is Tailwind necessary if AI knows CSS, on X
 

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