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ederign/css-experiments — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-18 · repo last pushed 2017-06-09

HTMLAudience · designerComplexity · 1/5DormantSetup · easy

TL;DR

A personal gallery of creative CSS demos and visual effects, a playground for learning and getting inspiration from working CSS code, not a library to install.

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    What it does
      CSS demo gallery
      Visual experiments
    Contents
      Animations
      Layouts
      Hover effects
    Use cases
      Learn CSS
      Get design ideas
    Audience
      CSS learners
      Designers
    Simplicity
      Just HTML and CSS
      No build tools

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Study working CSS code to learn how a specific visual effect is achieved.

REASON 2

Browse for design inspiration and reuse a technique in your own project.

REASON 3

Open the files directly in a browser to see CSS animations and effects in action.

What's in the stack?

HTMLCSS

How it stacks up

ederign/css-experiments100/rutgers-pbl-dining-2015a15n/a15n_old
LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Last pushed2017-06-092015-12-012016-06-18
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity1/51/51/5
Audiencedesignergeneralgeneral

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through how one of the CSS experiments in this repo achieves its animation effect.
Prompt 2
Help me adapt one of these CSS hover-state experiments for use in my own website.
Prompt 3
Explain the CSS techniques used here so I can recreate a similar effect from scratch.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is css-experiments?

A personal gallery of creative CSS demos and visual effects, a playground for learning and getting inspiration from working CSS code, not a library to install.

What language is css-experiments written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes HTML, CSS.

Is css-experiments actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2017-06-09).

How hard is css-experiments to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is css-experiments for?

Mainly designer.

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