# Node Sass

Node.js binding to LibSass, the C implementation of the Sass stylesheet language, that compiles Sass files to CSS.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/node-sass/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/sass/node-sass

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Andrew Nesbitt
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: css-framework
- hosting: not applicable
- language: cpp
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 16
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm install node-sass

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 9
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-05-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 8440
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 1065900
- contributors: 175
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 894508
- dependentPackages: 76299

### Sources

- status: https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- status: https://api.github.com/repos/sass/node-sass (read 2026-10-28)
- status: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-sass/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/sass/node-sass (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sass/node-sass/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/sass/node-sass/releases?per_page=100&page=2 (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/sass/node-sass (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/v9.0.0/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/sass/node-sass/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/sass/node-sass (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sass/node-sass/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/sass/node-sass/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/sass/node-sass/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/sass/node-sass (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/sass/node-sass/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/node-sass (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/node-sass (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/node-sass (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Node Sass is a Node.js binding to LibSass, the C implementation of the Sass stylesheet language, and lets Node.js code compile Sass files to CSS. The package is installed with npm and is written in C++. The source is on GitHub under the sass organization.

## Worth knowing

The README states that the project has reached end of life and points projects to Dart Sass. The npm package is deprecated in favor of sass or sass-embedded, and the repository is archived.

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