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Stylus

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

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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Automattic4
First release
20118

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Dev only6
Install with
npm install stylus -g6

Releases

Current major version
Pre-1.09
Last release
2024-10-209

Adoption

GitHub stars
11,3282
npm downloads a week
3,259,76711
Contributors
18110
Dependent repositories
804,32612
Dependent packages
8,35212

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-28: links
    stylus-lang.com/
  2. 2026-10-28: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus
  3. 2026-10-28: links, License model, Multilingual
    stylus-lang.com/docs/
  4. 2026-10-28: Maintainer
    raw.githubusercontent.com/stylus/stylus/dev/LICENSE
  5. 2026-10-28: Categories, links
    github.com/stylus/stylus/blob/dev/Readme.md
  6. 2026-10-28: Runtime, Install with, Runs as
    stylus-lang.com/docs/executable
  7. 2026-10-28: Minimum runtime
    github.com/stylus/stylus/blob/0.64.0/package.json
  8. 2026-10-28: First release
    registry.npmjs.org/stylus
  9. 2026-10-28: Current major version, Last release
    api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus/releases
  10. 2026-10-28: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/stylus/stylus/contributors
  11. 2026-10-28: npm downloads a week
    api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/stylus
  12. 2026-10-28: Dependent packages, Dependent repositories
    packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/stylus

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