Grid system . Bootstrap includes a responsive, mobile first fluid grid system that appropriately scales up to 12 columns as the device or viewport size increases. It includes predefined classes for easy layout options, as well as powerful mixins for generating more semantic layouts. Bootstrap 3: Grid Classes The Bootstrap grid system has four classes: xs (for phones - screens less than 768px wide) sm (for tablets - screens equal to or greater than 768px wide) md (for small laptops - screens equal to or greater than 992px wide) lg (for laptops and desktops - screens equal to or greater than 1200px wide) Bootstrap 4: Grid Classes The Bootstrap 4 grid system has five classes: .col- (extra small devices - screen width less than 576px) .col-sm- (small devices - screen width equal to or greater than 576px) .col-md- (medium devices - screen width equal to or greater than 768px) .col-lg- (large devices - screen width equal to or greater than 992px)