# Stylus

CSS preprocessor language, with an indented or CSS-like syntax, that compiles to CSS and runs on Node.js.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://stylus-lang.com
- repository: https://github.com/stylus/stylus
- docs: https://stylus-lang.com/docs/
- plugins: https://github.com/stylus/stylus/wiki
- forum: https://github.com/stylus/stylus/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Automattic
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm install stylus -g

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-10-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 11328
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 3259767
- contributors: 181
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 804326
- dependentPackages: 8352

### Sources

- urls: https://stylus-lang.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://stylus-lang.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stylus/stylus/dev/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/stylus/stylus/blob/dev/Readme.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://stylus-lang.com/docs/executable (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/stylus/stylus/blob/0.64.0/package.json (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://stylus-lang.com/docs/executable (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://stylus-lang.com/docs/executable (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://stylus-lang.com/docs/executable (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://stylus-lang.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/stylus (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/stylus (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/stylus (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/stylus (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/stylus/stylus/blob/dev/Readme.md (read 2026-10-28)
- i18n: https://stylus-lang.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Stylus is a CSS preprocessor language that a developer compiles to CSS with the `stylus` executable, which the npm package installs globally, or with its JavaScript API. It runs on Node.js, and the project's site offers its documentation in English and Chinese.

## Worth knowing

The executable and the JavaScript API run on the developer's machine or in a build step. The project's site also hosts an online playground that runs in the visitor's browser.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0