Today we’re releasing the first alpha version of Bootstrap 6, a major overhaul to the project that modernizes and expands one of the most prolific open source design systems of all time. It’s been incredibly fun and rewarding to work on this over the past year, and I’m excited to share it with you. Bootstrap 6 has been modernized from the ground up with the Sass module system, support for more native browser APIs and elements, ESM-only JavaScript plugins, and a slew of new CSS standards. We’ve broken this post into separate entries that we’ll publish one-by-one, starting with an overview of…
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. Origins in Pierre The theme is a fork of Pierre's VS Code Theme, which itself was built on top of GitHub's VS Code Theme. Pierre added more granular language token support and Display P3 color support. We adapted it to use Bootstrap's own OKLCH-based color palette instead of Pierre's. How the palette works Bootstrap's color palette is built in OKLCH color space, which gives us perceptually uniform lightness,…
August 25, 2025 Bootstrap v5.3.8 is out with a reversion for a dropdown focus bug, some CSS updates, and several docs updates. The plan is for this to be the last patch release before v5.4.0 drops. To start, there's a brief update on Bootstrap Themes, with more communication to come. The team has decided to sunset https://themes.getbootstrap.com. As such, we've removed links to and mentions of the Themes site from our docs in this release to start. Stay tuned for more info. Now, here are the release highlights: Docs Streamline release prep script Restore local dev port to 9001 Use Example…
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. GitHub brought together open source maintainers, security experts, and ecosystem partners for an intensive, hands-on learning experience. Throughout three weeks, we had a few days of mixed expert-led presentations, collaborative workshops, and dedicated office hours with security specialists. Between sessions,…
June 17, 2025 Bootstrap v5.3.7 was just released with some follow-up fixes from our migration to Astro, plus a handful of small fixes. We expect to have another patch release shortly due to at least one recent regression, so stay tuned for that. In the mean time, here are some highlights! Docs Fixed broken "View on GitHub" URLs Corrected HTML <head> content generated by the "Download examples" button Refined sanitizer documentation for clarity and completeness Improved accessibility in the "On this page" table of contents and section heading anchor links Relocated ads to the right sidebar to…
May 09, 2025 In the last few weeks, a handful of new Bootstrap Icons releases have gone out. Here's a recap of what's new in our v1.12.x and v1.13.x releases so far. v1.12 v1.12.0 added a single icon, mostly because people wouldn't stop asking for it haha, and v1.12.1 added a page to the docs for it. That was all for Bluesky. v1.13.0 and v1.13.1 New in v1.13.0 are several icons, some guidance around how to use Sass files with Vite, and a few little bug fixes to some fill rules. v1.13.1 was a hotfix to resolve an issue with search on our docs. Here are the new icons in v1.13.0: Check out the…
May 05, 2025 Bootstrap v5.3.6 was just released to migrate our documentation to Astro from Hugo. Also included are a few bug fixes and documentation updates. Here are some highlights: Ported the docs from Hugo to Astro for our own sanity! Added usage docs for Accordion JavaScript Prevent .visually-hidden overflowing children to become focusable Limit .card-group selectors to immediate children to fix some inheritance issues Most importantly, a massive thank you and shoutout to Bootstrap maintainer Julien for all the work that went into our Astro migration. What a massive ship. Read the GitHub…
April 04, 2025 Bootstrap v5.3.5 was released as a hotfix for a regression from upstream in Autoprefixer that caused floating form labels to always be "floated" in Firefox due to unintended CSS output. Read the GitHub v5.3.5 changelog for a full list of changes (including a ton of documentation and dependency updates) in this release. Get the release Head to https://getbootstrap.com for the latest. It's also been pushed to npm: npm i [email protected] Support the team Visit our Open Collective page or our team members' GitHub profiles to help support the maintainers contributing to Bootstrap.
April 03, 2025 Bootstrap v5.3.4 is here with several bug fixes and a load of documentation updates. Here are a handful of highlights from the CSS and JS changes: Fixed modal and offcanvas headers collapsing when any padding variables were set to 0. Fixed close button display in color modes. Fixed light mode carousel when in dark mode. Updated floating labels for better <select> alignment and other styling issues. Fixed a Sass 1.77.7 deprecation for nested rules Fixed popover toggling twice to close. Read the GitHub v5.3.4 changelog for a full list of changes (including a ton of documentation…
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