---
title: 'Bulma start'
fulltitle: 'Bulma start: a tiny npm package to get started with Bulma'
layout: more
route: bulma-start
version: 0.0.4
download_url: https://github.com/jgthms/bulma-start/releases/download/0.0.4/bulma-start-0.0.4.zip
github_url: https://github.com/jgthms/bulma-start
npm_url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/bulma-start
breadcrumb:
  - home
  - more
  - bulma-start
---

<div class="columns">
  <div class="column is-5-widescreen">
    <p class="title is-4">
      <code><a target="_blank" href="{{ page.npm_url }}">bulma-start</a></code>
      is a tiny npm package that includes the <code>npm</code>
      <strong>dependencies</strong> you need to
      <strong>build your own website</strong> with Bulma.
    </p>

    <div class="buttons">
      <a
        class="button is-medium is-success"
        target="_blank"
        href="{{ page.download_url }}"
      >
        <span><strong>Download v{{ page.version }}</strong></span>
      </a>
    </div>

    <div class="buttons">
      <a
        class="button is-small is-outlined is-dark"
        target="_blank"
        href="{{ page.github_url }}"
      >
        <span><strong>GitHub</strong> page</span>
      </a>

      <a
        class="button is-small is-outlined is-danger"
        target="_blank"
        href="{{ page.npm_url }}"
      >
        <span><strong>npm</strong> page</span>
      </a>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="column is-narrow">
    <p>
      <a href="{{ page.npm_url }}">
        <img
          src="{{ site.url }}/images/bulma-start.png"
          alt="Bulma: a Flexbox CSS framework"
          style="max-width: 100%;"
          width="438"
          height="200"
        />
      </a>
    </p>
  </div>
</div>

{% include elements/anchor.html name="Install" %}

<div class="content">
  <p>
    <a href="{{ page.download_url }}" rel="nofollow noopener"
      ><strong>Download bulma-start {{ page.version }} (.zip)</strong></a
    >, rename to your project's name (i.e. <code>my-new-bulma-site</code>) and:
  </p>
</div>

{% highlight bash %} cd my-new-bulma-site && npm install && npm start {% endhighlight
%} For more, visit
<a href="https://github.com/jgthms/bulma-start#get-your-feet-wet"
  >bulma-start README on Github.</a
>

{% include elements/anchor.html name="What’s included" %}

<div class="content">
  <p>
    The <code>npm</code> dependencies included in <code>package.json</code> are:
  </p>

  <ul>
    <li>
      <code
        ><a href="https://github.com/jgthms/bulma" target="_blank"
          >bulma</a
        ></code
      >
    </li>
    <li>
      <code
        ><a href="https://github.com/sass/node-sass" target="_blank"
          >node-sass</a
        ></code
      >
      to compile your own Sass file
    </li>
    <li>
      <code
        ><a href="https://github.com/postcss/postcss-cli" target="_blank"
          >postcss-cli</a
        ></code
      >
      and
      <code
        ><a href="https://github.com/postcss/autoprefixer" target="_blank"
          >autoprefixer</a
        ></code
      >
      to add support for older browsers
    </li>
    <li>
      <code
        ><a href="https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/cli/" target="_blank"
          >babel-cli</a
        ></code
      >,
      <code
        ><a href="https://github.com/babel/babel-preset-env" target="_blank"
          >babel-preset-env</a
        ></code
      >
      and
      <code
        ><a href="https://github.com/jmcriffey/babel-preset-es2015-ie"
          >babel-preset-es2015-ie</a
        ></code
      >
      for compiling ES6 JavaScript files
    </li>
  </ul>

  <p>Apart from <code>package.json</code>, the following files are included:</p>

  <ul>
    <li>
      <code>.babelrc</code> configuration file for
      <a href="https://babeljs.io/">Babel</a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <code>.gitignore</code> common
      <a href="https://git-scm.com/">Git</a> ignored files
    </li>
    <li><code>index.html</code> this HTML5 file</li>
    <li>
      <code>_sass/main.scss</code> a basic SCSS file that
      <strong>imports Bulma</strong> and explains how to
      <strong>customize</strong> your styles, and compiles to
      <code>css/main.css</code>
    </li>
    <li>
      <code>_javascript/main.js</code> an ES6 JavaScript that compiles to
      <code>lib/main.js</code>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>