The free, open source, version of Core Framework is available on GitHub in in the WordPress plugin directory. Bricks, Oxygen, and Figma addons are included in it.

In their Facebook group David Babinec announced that the Core Framework and its builder extensions will be free and hosted on GitHub. Template packs will still be a premium option from the website. They are making this change because sales are down 80% this year, partly due to AI and it being a niche product.

Interested in getting started with the Core Framework – This video from Paul Charlton walks through setting it up and using it in Bricks. Though he uses it with Bricks, much of the video is about setting up the Core Framework, so is useful if you are using Gutenberg or other builders.

This is an often requested tutorial – how to setup Bricks with the Core Framework and Advanced Themer. Another great video from Paul Charlton.

This video by Paul Charlton shows the advantages of using the Core Framework for Bricks and Gutenberg together.

The Core Framework version 1.6 was released with a number of enhancements and fixes. The utility class generation for typography and spacing was made more flexible, they added the ability to disable color groups, and added the ability to copy and paste between breakpoints, among other features.

The Core Framework team just released a new template kit called Blocks. It is a wireframe kit with more than 300 wireframes. CoreBlocks used BEM, pays attention to accessibility, and works with the Core Framework.

The Core Framework got a significant update to version 1.4. New features include an on-boarding wizard and new contextual spacing and typography variables.

People often ask about CSS frameworks. In this video Dave Foy gives a short and to the point comparison of ACSS and the Core Framework. He also discusses his favorite 3rd party Bricks template options.