Radar check
What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 26 Oct 2026, the same day before this check.
Latest release 2.9.4 on 23 Feb 2025.
Public since June 2018, a little over 8 years.
3,769 stars and 341 forks.
37 commits and 5 new issues in the last 90 days.
318 contributors. 37 pull requests merged in 90 days.
A security policy says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 26 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
This tool gives you ready-made buttons, boxes, and menus to build a website. It helps you make your pages look neat without writing design code from scratch. It is free to use under an open-source licence. You will spend time learning its specific naming rules for HTML elements. The project is kept alive by volunteers rather than a large company.
What it is
Fomantic-UI is a collection of user interface components and CSS (a language that controls how web pages look and where elements sit on the screen) classes. It continues the development of the older Semantic-UI framework with new bug fixes and features.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want to put together a clean website quickly without designing every button or drop-down menu by hand.
- Provides dozens of ready-to-use user interface components like buttons, modals, and tables.
- Uses natural language class names that are easy to read in your HTML files.
- Actively maintained with regular updates and community support.
- Can be difficult to set up and customise if you do not use its preferred build tools.
- Adds extra weight to your website if you load every component instead of only what you need.
- Requires learning specific class naming conventions to make elements work correctly.
Writing custom CSS styles and UI components from scratch
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npm install fomantic-ui