SugarSS is a syntax parser for PostCSS that allows you to write your CSS in a more minimalistic and readable format, similar to Sass or Stylus. It simplifies the CSS syntax by removing braces, semicolons, and enabling indentation-based scoping.
Indentation-based Syntax
SugarSS allows you to write CSS rules using indentation instead of braces, making the CSS more readable and concise.
.one
color: blue
.two
color: redSemicolon-free
You can omit semicolons in SugarSS, simplifying the syntax further and making it cleaner.
.example
background: white
color: blackCompatibility with PostCSS
SugarSS is compatible with PostCSS, allowing you to use it alongside a wide range of PostCSS plugins for added functionality.
postcss([ require('sugarss') ]).process(css, { parser: 'sugarss' })Sass is a mature, stable, and powerful professional grade CSS extension language that is very similar to SugarSS in providing a more simplified and efficient way to write CSS. It offers more features like variables, mixins, and functions which SugarSS does not.
Stylus is another robust preprocessor that offers a syntax similar to SugarSS with optional braces and semicolons. It provides additional features like variable interpolation and powerful built-in functions, making it more feature-rich compared to SugarSS.
Less is a backward-compatible language extension for CSS. Like SugarSS, it simplifies CSS coding but also includes features like variables, mixins, and functions, which are not present in SugarSS.
Indent-based CSS syntax for PostCSS.
a
color: blue
.multiline,
.selector
box-shadow: 1px 0 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4),
1px 0 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .6)
// Mobile
@media (max-width: 400px)
.body
padding: 0 10px
As any PostCSS custom syntax, SugarSS has source map, stylelint and postcss-sorting support out-of-box.
It was designed to be used with postcss-simple-vars and postcss-nested.
But you can use it with any PostCSS plugins
or use it without any PostCSS plugins.
With postcss-mixins you can use @mixin syntax as in Sass.
Read full docs here.
FAQs
Indent-based CSS syntax for PostCSS
We found that sugarss demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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