# Bulma Templates: static HTML pages for the Bulma CSS framework

> BulmaTemplates/bulma-templates is a set of free, MIT-licensed HTML page templates built on Bulma 1.0.4. It is a copy-and-edit resource, not a component library or a build tool.

**BulmaTemplates/bulma-templates** — free flexbox templates built with the bulma css framework

- Repository: https://github.com/BulmaTemplates/bulma-templates
- Website: https://bulmatemplates.github.io/bulma-templates/
- Stars: 3,320 · Forks: 1,187
- Language: HTML
- License: MIT
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-09-24 · Language: en
- Canonical page: https://hysenlabs.com/projects/bulmatemplates-bulma-templates

## What problem Bulma Templates solves, and for whom

Bulma gives you CSS classes. It does not give you pages. A developer who wants a pricing page, a login screen or an admin shell still has to assemble the navbar, the hero, the columns and the footer from Bulma's class names, and that assembly work is where most of the time goes. This repository answers that gap with finished HTML files. The README states that the templates live in the /templates directory and that they can be previewed on the demo website at bulmatemplates.github.io/bulma-templates. The repository is written in HTML, so the deliverable is markup you read and copy, not a package you import.

The intended user is someone building a static site or a server-rendered page who has already chosen Bulma and wants a starting layout. It also suits people evaluating Bulma itself: opening a template in a browser is a faster way to judge the framework's spacing and typography than reading class documentation. It is a poor fit for anyone who expects a versioned dependency, a theme configuration file, or a component API. There is no such thing here.

## How the templates are organised across branches

The README splits the project by Bulma version rather than by template category. The original templates were made with Bulma 0.1.1 and live in the 0.1.1 branch. The newest templates are made with Bulma 1.0.4 and live in the master branch, which is also the default branch. The demo site is generated from master. That is the whole versioning model, and it has a practical consequence: if you are pinned to an older Bulma release, the templates that match your CSS are on a branch that no longer receives the newer work, and the templates on master may use classes that do not exist in your build.

The repository layout reinforces the static nature of the project. Alongside /templates there are css/, js/, images/, an index.html and an index.css at the top level. The index page and its stylesheet are the demo listing; the per-template assets sit in their own folders. Nothing in the top-level entries suggests a package manifest, a bundler config or a test suite. You are looking at a website repository that happens to be useful as a template source.

## Installing Bulma Templates and editing a first page

There is no package to install. The README does not give an npm, pip or CDN command; it points at the /templates directory and the demo site. Getting the files is a clone. This command copies the default branch, which is master and therefore the Bulma 1.0.4 templates.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/bulmatemplates/bulma-templates.git
cd bulma-templates
ls templates
```

After the clone you should see the template folders listed under templates/. Open one of the HTML files directly in a browser, or serve the directory locally if you prefer a real origin. The pages reference Bulma's stylesheet and the local css/ and js/ assets, so the layout renders without a build step.

To use a template, copy its HTML file into your project and adjust the markup. The README's contributing section describes the same edit loop used by contributors: fork, create a branch with git checkout -b, commit with git commit -am, push, then open a pull request. That flow is written for people sending changes back upstream, but the mechanics are identical to adapting a template locally.

```bash
git checkout -b my-new-feature
git commit -am 'Add some feature'
git push origin my-new-feature
```

The README also offers a one-click route into an editor through the Open in Visual Studio Code link, which resolves to open.vscode.dev/BulmaTemplates/bulma-templates. That is convenient for browsing, but note that the README does not document a way to install a single template as a dependency, and it does not describe any templating engine, partial system or variable substitution.

## Where this collection stops being the right tool

The main limitation is that these are pages, not components. If four pages share a navbar and you later change a link, you edit four HTML files. There is no include mechanism described in the README, no build step that could assemble one, and no partials directory in the top-level entries. Projects with more than a handful of pages will feel that cost quickly, and it grows with every shared element.

The second limitation is version coupling. The README ties the master templates to Bulma 1.0.4 and the older templates to 0.1.1. Nothing indicates that a template is checked against a range of Bulma versions. If your project upgrades Bulma, the templates do not upgrade with it; you re-check the markup yourself. The release history supports the same reading: the most recent release listed is 0.9.4.2 from 2023-07-13, and the release before it, 0.9.4, is from 2023-05-26, while the README's badge points at Bulma 1.0.4. Releases and the framework version in the README do not move together, so treat the badge as the source of truth for the CSS version and the releases as a separate track.

Finally, this is not a design system. There is no token file, no colour configuration and no documented way to restyle every template at once. You inherit Bulma's defaults plus whatever the individual page author wrote inline. That is fine for a prototype and awkward for a product with a brand.

## Bulma Templates compared with component libraries and Tailwind UI

The closest alternative in spirit is a paid template or component collection such as Tailwind UI, which ships markup for a different CSS framework and is distributed as a licensed product rather than a plain repository. The difference is not only the framework underneath. Tailwind UI is sold with access terms and updated as a catalogue; Bulma Templates is MIT-licensed code in a public repository that you clone, and the README's only distribution statement is that the code is released under the MIT license. One is a purchase with a support relationship, the other is a fork-and-edit source tree.

If you want components rather than pages, the better comparison is Bulma's own documentation, which the search results show people look for. Bulma documents classes and their modifiers; it does not ship page layouts. A component-oriented approach means writing your own partials or adopting a framework with a component model, and then the template files here become reference material rather than a starting point. The honest summary: this repository competes with your own blank HTML file, and it wins only when the layout you need already exists in /templates.

## Licence and what maintenance looks like

The README states that the code is released under the MIT license, and a LICENSE file is present at the top level. MIT is permissive: it allows use, modification and redistribution provided the licence and copyright notice are kept. This is not legal advice, and the usual caveat applies, but for a template repository the practical question is narrower than for a library. You are copying markup into your own project, so the obligation you carry is the notice, not a runtime dependency. Some repositories also impose terms on the images and fonts they bundle; the README here is silent on the provenance of the files in images/, so check those separately if you plan to ship them.

On maintenance, the last push to the default branch was on 2026-09-20, so the repository is being touched. That is a statement about activity, not a promise about scope. The README does not document a deprecation policy, a changelog beyond the release list, or a migration path between the 0.1.1 and master template sets. Upgrading means diffing your edited copy against the newer upstream file and reapplying your changes by hand. Budget for that the first time Bulma changes a class you rely on.

## Conclusion

Adopt it if you need a static HTML page that already looks like a finished Bulma layout and you are willing to read the markup and edit it by hand. Do not adopt it if you need a maintained component package, a theme system, or anything that installs through npm. Before you commit, clone the repository, open the master branch, and check that /templates contains a page close enough to your target layout that the edit is smaller than writing the page yourself.

## FAQ

### Is Bulma CSS free to use?

The Bulma Templates repository states that its code is released under the MIT license, and a LICENSE file sits at the top level. The README's licence section covers this repository's code; it does not describe the licence of the Bulma framework itself.

### Which is better, Bulma or Tailwind UI?

The README does not compare the two. It only says the templates are built with Bulma, with the master branch using version 1.0.4 and the older branch using 0.1.1, so any comparison has to come from outside this repository.

### How do I get the Bulma Templates files?

The README does not give an install command. It points to the /templates directory in the repository and to the demo site at bulmatemplates.github.io/bulma-templates, which is built from the master branch, so cloning the repository is the way to obtain the files.

### Which branch of Bulma Templates should I use?

Use master for the newest templates, which the README says are made with Bulma 1.0.4 and which feed the demo site. Use the 0.1.1 branch only if you are still on the original Bulma version.

### Do Bulma Templates include an admin or dashboard layout?

The README does not list templates by category; it only says the templates are in the /templates directory and can be previewed on the demo website. Whether a dashboard layout exists has to be checked in that directory or on the demo site.

## Sources

- [BulmaTemplates/bulma-templates on GitHub](https://github.com/BulmaTemplates/bulma-templates)
- [License: MIT](https://github.com/BulmaTemplates/bulma-templates/blob/master/LICENSE)
- [Project website](https://bulmatemplates.github.io/bulma-templates/)
- [README](https://github.com/BulmaTemplates/bulma-templates/blob/master/README.md)
- [Releases](https://github.com/BulmaTemplates/bulma-templates/releases)

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