Bootstrap
Bootstrap is a sleek, intuitive, and powerful front-end framework for faster and easier web development, created by Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton, and maintained by the core team with the massive support and involvement of the community.
To get started, check out http://getbootstrap.com!
Table of contents
- Quick start
- Bugs and feature requests
- Documentation
- Contributing
- Community
- Versioning
- Creators
- Copyright and license
Quick start
Four quick start options are available:
- Download the latest release.
- Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git
. - Install with Bower:
bower install bootstrap
. - Install with npm:
npm install bootstrap
.
Read the Getting started page for information on the framework contents, templates and examples, and more.
What's included
Within the download you'll find the following directories and files, logically grouping common assets and providing both compiled and minified variations. You'll see something like this:
bootstrap/
├── css/
│ ├── bootstrap.css
│ ├── bootstrap.min.css
│ ├── bootstrap-theme.css
│ └── bootstrap-theme.min.css
├── js/
│ ├── bootstrap.js
│ └── bootstrap.min.js
└── fonts/
├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot
├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg
├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf
└── glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff
We provide compiled CSS and JS (bootstrap.*
), as well as compiled and minified CSS and JS (bootstrap.min.*
). Fonts from Glyphicons are included, as is the optional Bootstrap theme.
Bugs and feature requests
Have a bug or a feature request? Please first read the issue guidelines and search for existing and closed issues. If your problem or idea is not addressed yet, please open a new issue.
Documentation
Bootstrap's documentation, included in this repo in the root directory, is built with Jekyll and publicly hosted on GitHub Pages at http://getbootstrap.com. The docs may also be run locally.
Running documentation locally
- If necessary, install Jekyll (requires v2.3.x).
- Windows users: Read this unofficial guide to get Jekyll up and running without problems.
- Install the Ruby-based syntax highlighter, Rouge, with
gem install rouge
. - From the root
/bootstrap
directory, runjekyll serve
in the command line. - Open http://localhost:9001 in your browser, and voilà.
Learn more about using Jekyll by reading its documentation.
Documentation for previous releases
Documentation for v2.3.2 has been made available for the time being at http://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/ while folks transition to Bootstrap 3.
Previous releases and their documentation are also available for download.
Contributing
Please read through our contributing guidelines. Included are directions for opening issues, coding standards, and notes on development.
Moreover, if your pull request contains JavaScript patches or features, you must include relevant unit tests. All HTML and CSS should conform to the Code Guide, maintained by Mark Otto.
Editor preferences are available in the editor config for easy use in common text editors. Read more and download plugins at http://editorconfig.org.
Community
Keep track of development and community news.
- Follow @twbootstrap on Twitter.
- Read and subscribe to The Official Bootstrap Blog.
- Chat with fellow Bootstrappers in IRC. On the
irc.freenode.net
server, in the##bootstrap
channel. - Implementation help may be found at Stack Overflow (tagged
twitter-bootstrap-3
).
Versioning
For transparency into our release cycle and in striving to maintain backward compatibility, Bootstrap is maintained under the Semantic Versioning guidelines. Sometimes we screw up, but we'll adhere to those rules whenever possible.
Creators
Mark Otto
Jacob Thornton
Copyright and license
Code and documentation copyright 2011-2014 Twitter, Inc. Code released under the MIT license. Docs released under Creative Commons.