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Bootstrap VS Code Theme
We've published a VS Code theme powered by Bootstrap's color palette. It works with VS Code, Cursor, and Shiki projects. Check it out on GitHub or install it from the VS Code Marketplace.
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Releases, updates, and stories from the Bootstrap team.
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Introducing postcss-prefix-custom-properties
Sharing a small PostCSS plugin we built: postcss-prefix-custom-properties. This was vibe coded to solve a specific problem in our own workflow and we wanted to put it out there in case others find it useful. Feedback is welcome.
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GitHub Secure Open Source Fund
Mark and Julien recently represented Bootstrap in the second round of the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund this past June. The program is designed to programmatically and financially improve the security and sustainability of open source projects, and we were honored to be a part of it.
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Using CSS variables in Bootstrap
Bootstrap v5.2.0-beta1 added a slew of CSS custom properties, or CSS variables, across the :root level and all our core components. Here's a quick look at how you can utilize them in your projects.
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Ten Years of Bootstrap
Ten years ago today, we shipped the first release of Bootstrap. Releasing it on GitHub was my first real plunge into open source—what an introduction! Here we are a decade later with one of the most widely used open source projects and frontend toolkits on the web. Happy birthday, Bootstrap—what a ride!
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Introducing our Long Term Support plan
Today we're formally announcing our Long Term Support plan, a documented approach aimed at strengthening the stability and frequency of releases. As part of this initiative, each major version of Bootstrap will receive at least six months of support after it is retired, followed by six months of critical bug fixes and security updates.
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New Bootstrap themes
Just over a month ago, we shipped the long awaited Bootstrap 4 stable release. With a brand new codebase designed to better support customization with all new components and documentation, it was the perfect time to debut some brand new themes built. Today, we'd like to introduce you to our brand new Bootstrap Themes marketplace.
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Introducing No Carrier
Say hello to our newest bot, No Carrier. Inspired by the classic modem disconnection error message of yesteryear, No Carrier helps us track issues that appear to have been abandoned by the original poster. Issues that go without a reply to our questions for two weeks are closed with a friendly explanation by No Carrier.
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Introducing Rorschach
Bootstrap receives tons of awesome pull requests every week. Many of them come from folks new to contributing to the project. As such, there are a few beginner mistakes we've noticed over time.
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Introducing Bootlint
After hanging out on the Bootstrap issue tracker for a long time, you start to notice some common mistakes folks make (besides just plain invalid HTML). Many of them are covered in our documentation, but our docs can be lengthy and some of the mistakes are pretty subtle or have non-obvious causes.
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Let Me Validate That For You (LMVTFY)
If you've been following the Bootstrap issue tracker lately, you might have noticed the launch of our new bot, @twbs-lmvtfy, on June 15th. After seeing many reports of Bootstrap bugs that ended up actually being caused by folks using invalid HTML, we decided to do what all programmers do when confronted with a repetitive task: Automate it!
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Bootstrap now available via npm
It's taken us awhile, but we've finally published Bootstrap on npm. We've taken over the existing bootstrap package and just published the latest release, v3.1.1. The package is managed by the twbs user, just like on GitHub. In the future, when we release new versions of Bootstrap, we'll update npm as well.