Tachyons

Boise, Idaho, United States

Tachyons is a lightweight, functional CSS framework that enables the creation of fast, responsive, and accessible web interfaces without writing custom CSS.

It provides a wide range of single-purpose utility classes, a mobile-first grid system, accessible color combinations, and a shallow cascade that allows scalable and maintainable styling.

According to our data, Tachyons ranks 15th among the user interface frameworks we track.
It has 0.2% of the UI framework market share and is present on 0.09% of all websites.

💸 Pricing

Tachyons is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Tachyons Awards

⚡ Sites Built With Tachyons

We have data on 2,843 websites that use the Tachyons UI framework. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Tachyons is washingtonpost.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 washingtonpost.com #104 English
2 walmart.com #162 American English
3 smh.com.au #1,536 Australia English
4 lww.com #1,752 United States American English
5 walmart.ca #2,789 Canada Canadian English
6 elektra.mx #3,708 Mexico Mexican Spanish
7 sams.com.mx #3,802 United States Mexican Spanish
8 bash.com #4,179 South Africa English
9 theage.com.au #4,840 Australia English
10 msnbc.com #5,667 United States English
11 bodegaaurrera.com.mx #5,671 United States Mexican Spanish
12 stripes.com #6,998 English
13 lider.cl #7,448 Chile Spanish
14 chedraui.com.mx #7,807 Mexico Mexican Spanish
15 cea.com.br #8,237 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
16 electrolux.com.br #8,355 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
17 telemundo.com #8,638 United States Spanish
18 blog.cloudflare.com United States American English
19 spokesman.com #9,015 United States English
20 paguemenos.com.br #9,741 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Tachyons:

Most of the sites using Tachyons are from the United States, Brazil, and Germany.

  • United States 21.7%
  • Brazil 16.3%
  • Germany 8.1%
  • United Kingdom 5.9%
  • Argentina 4.2%
  • Colombia 3.4%
  • Chile 3.3%
  • Canada 2.8%
  • Japan 2.5%
  • Other 31.8%

Most Tachyons users speak English, Spanish, or Portuguese.

  • English 49.3%
  • Spanish 17.6%
  • Portuguese 13.9%
  • German 6.8%
  • Japanese 2%
  • French 1.9%
  • Italian 1.1%
  • Dutch 1.1%
  • Polish 1%
  • Other 5.3%

The Tachyons UI framework is especially popular on .com, .com.br, and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 39.1%
  • .com.br 12.6%
  • .org 7.1%
  • .de 5%
  • .com.ar 2.7%
  • .cl 1.8%
  • .co.uk 1.8%
  • .net 1.4%
  • .com.mx 1.4%
  • Other 27.1%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Tachyons include online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Online Shopping 18.7%
  • Business 15.5%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 14.6%
  • Fashion/Beauty 9.2%
  • Internet Services 3.8%
  • Health 3.6%
  • Entertainment 3.3%
  • Blogs/Wiki 3.1%
  • Travel 2.7%
  • Other 25.5%

🔢 Tachyons Versions

The most widespread version of Tachyons is 4.12, used by 31.1% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 19.7% of sites use Tachyons 4.10, and 16.4% use Tachyons 4.9.

  • 4.12 31.1%
  • 4.10 19.7%
  • 4.9 16.4%
  • 4.7 11.5%
  • 4.8 9.8%
  • 4.11 6.6%
  • 4 1.6%
  • 4.0 1.6%
  • 4.6 1.6%
  • Other 0.1%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Tachyons alternatives.

RankName
1
Bootstrap
San Francisco, California, United States

An open-source framework for building responsive, mobile-first websites and web applications with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, originally developed at Twitter.

FreeOpen source
3
Tailwind CSS
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

An open-source utility-first framework that provides low-level CSS classes for building user interfaces directly in markup.

FreeOpen source$149+
4
Foundation
Campbell, California, United States

An open-source responsive framework that provides a customizable grid system, a library of UI components, HTML templates, and JavaScript plugins.

FreeOpen source
6
UIKit
Hamburg, Germany

A lightweight and modular front-end framework.

FreeOpen source
7
Bulma
London, United Kingdom

An open-source modular CSS framework based on Flexbox.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Tachyons's headquarters?

Tachyons is located in Boise, Idaho, United States.

Can I use Tachyons for free?

Yes, it is a free user interface framework.
Moreover, it is an open source solution, and you can find its source code on GitHub.

Which country uses Tachyons the most?

The majority of Tachyons users are from the United States.

Who uses Tachyons?

According to our data, Tachyons is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as washingtonpost.com, walmart.com, and smh.com.au.

Do academic institutions use Tachyons?

Yes. In total, we know of 2 academic websites in the United States that use Tachyons.

How does Tachyons stack up against its competitors?

Tachyons is a moderately popular user interface framework, ranking ahead of 49 other user interface frameworks we track.

What are the alternatives to Tachyons?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Tachyons may include Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS, and Foundation.

Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.