About Less
Less is a CSS preprocessor, providing a set of extensions and features to traditional Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for improved maintainability and ease of styling in web development.
How many people use Less
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#14 of 36 Miscellaneous we have counts for (of 107) · bars are GitHub stars across these neighbours; the category leader is Godot at 116k · as of August 30, 2026
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How we audit Less
We measure the detected version against Less's release history and grade the surrounding stack with a Lighthouse-grade quality audit. Weak or outdated links weigh more - one risky dependency can pull the whole score down.
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