# @csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser

> Parse CSS Cascade Layer names.

Latest version **3.0.0** (published 2026-01-14) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser
pnpm add @csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser
yarn add @csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser
bun add @csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser
```

## Health

**Score 55/100 (C)** — status: stable.

Positive: esm support; no vulnerabilities; high maintenance score.

Warnings: low downloads; no types.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.0 |
| Published | 2026-01-14 |
| First published | 2023-01-19 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | ESM |
| Node | >=20.19.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 8.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 1051 |
| Maintainers | jonathantneal, alaguna, romainmenke |
| Keywords | cascade-layer, css, parser |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser
- Repository: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins
- Homepage: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/packages/cascade-layer-name-parser#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/issues
- Funding: https://github.com/sponsors/csstools
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser

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## Recent versions

- 3.0.0 (latest) — 2026-01-14
- 2.0.5 — 2025-05-27
- 2.0.4 — 2024-11-01
- 2.0.3 — 2024-10-23
- 2.0.2 — 2024-10-10
- 2.0.1 — 2024-08-18
- 2.0.0 — 2024-08-03
- 1.0.13 — 2024-07-06
- 1.0.12 — 2024-06-29
- 1.0.11 — 2024-05-04
- 1.0.10 — 2024-05-04
- 1.0.9 — 2024-03-13
- 1.0.8 — 2024-02-19
- 1.0.7 — 2023-12-31
- 1.0.6 — 2023-12-15
- … 6 more at https://npm.io/package/@csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser/versions

## README

# Cascade Layer Name Parser <img src="https://cssdb.org/images/css.svg" alt="for CSS" width="90" height="90" align="right">

[<img alt="npm version" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser.svg" height="20">][npm-url]
[<img alt="Build Status" src="https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=main" height="20">][cli-url]
[<img alt="Discord" src="https://shields.io/badge/Discord-5865F2?logo=discord&logoColor=white">][discord]

## Usage

Add [Cascade Layer Name Parser] to your project:

```bash
npm install @csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser @csstools/css-parser-algorithms @csstools/css-tokenizer --save-dev
```

[Cascade Layer Name Parser] depends on our CSS tokenizer and parser algorithms.
It must be used together with `@csstools/css-tokenizer` and `@csstools/css-parser-algorithms`.

```ts
import { parse } from '@csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser';

const layerNames = parse('layer-name, foo.bar');
layerNames.forEach((layerName) => {
	console.log(layerName.name()) // "foo.bar"
	console.log(layerName.segments()) // ["foo", "bar"]
});
```

[cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test
[discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@csstools/cascade-layer-name-parser

[Cascade Layer Name Parser]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/packages/cascade-layer-name-parser

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