Metro/Modern UI CSS/HTML Frameworks
If you are looking for a current Metro Modern UI CSS/HTML Framework I’ve collected a little selection that might be helpful for you. Watches out the names are quite similar.
Metro-Bootstrap relies on Twitter Bootstrap and because of this it is easy to use. The colors are more “metro style” (as I would call it) and most of the elements are kind of back to the basics – compared to the original Bootstrap.
There is also a Tiles component but in fact it doesn’t offer many opportunities in the moment so it is not very comfortable to work with.
Author of the Framwork: Talkslab
If you are just interested in the style in my opinion this could be a good option.
BootMetro relies on Twitter Bootstrap as well and is inspired by Metro UI CSS (what I’m going to talk about later) Framework and it offers a lot of Metro components:
- Tiles
- Application-Bar
- Login
- Charms
- Styles for “Standard-Form-Elements”
In fact it offers you everything you will need to design your Web-Application like a Windows 8 App. But unfortunately I’m not very comfortable with this alternative because in my opinion this is way to desktop-oriented. Even the scroll direction in Hub is horizontal – matter of taste 
however you don’t have to use it.
Anyway it is much more advanced than the “Metro-Bootstrap” project. Also the author included some elements of the HTML5 Boilerplate.
The Metro UI CSS isn’t related to Twitter Bootstrap but anyway it offers similar features. Of course there are Tiles and a number of fancied up Form Controls:
Most important disadvantage in my opinion: they didn’t rely on Bootstrap. Maybe BootMetro would be the better choice?
If you are planning to create an administrator website in the metro-look you might consider using MAdmin. It also relies on Bootstrap but you have to pay 20$ per application. Not a huge problem at all in the business environment. It doesn’t offer a huge “Tile”-support but a nice menu and everything else you might need in the administrative field.
To the project page
My result
Metro-Bootstrap is quite easy to integrate and the Styles are created with LESS what makes it easier to adapt it. A good base if you are used to work without Tiles and Win-8 Controls. BootMetro is powerful but it seems less “classy” to me but the Form Controls are well done. I suppose the developer uses CSS files as well – this could be a problem when it comes to the adaption. The Metro UI CSS Framework doesn’t rely on Bootstrap and because of this I dismiss it. MAdmin could be a good choice for admin pages but it’s not useful for fun projects.
More?
If you know some other “metro” CSS/HTML Frameworks I left out don’t hesitate to tell me.
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Matthew Doig
October 23, 2012
Its not of the same scale as these frameworks, but i did put together a “metro” wordpress theme for my blog. I’m happy to post the code or share the theme with anyone interested.
Lutfi
January 7, 2013
Clean and simple themes, can you share your themes? thx in advance.
William
November 17, 2012
I would like to see your website and the code ass well. THNX!
cheller
December 3, 2012
If someone is interested:
https://github.com/fedecheller/ExtNetModernUI
sonu
January 9, 2013
i’m new to this
could someone please tell me which is the best framework and how to use it in my twenty twelve default theme