# node-lessify > LESS precompiler and CSS plugin for Browserify Latest version **0.2.0** (published 2021-03-07) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads ## Install ```sh npm install node-lessify pnpm add node-lessify yarn add node-lessify bun add node-lessify ``` ## Health **Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned. Positive: no vulnerabilities. Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support; pre 1.0. Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 0.2.0 | | Published | 2021-03-07 | | First published | 2013-11-22 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | MIT | | TypeScript types | none | | Module format | CommonJS | | Node | >=6 | | Dependencies | 3 | | Unpacked size | 12.7 KB | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 24 | | Author | David Canas | | Maintainers | wilson428, dxcanas | | Keywords | less, css, browserify, browserify-transform | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-lessify - Repository: https://github.com/wilson428/node-lessify - Homepage: https://github.com/wilson428/node-lessify#readme - Issues: https://github.com/wilson428/node-lessify/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/node-lessify ## Dependencies (3) - [less](https://npm.io/package/less.md) ^3.12.2 - [through2](https://npm.io/package/through2.md) ^2.0.1 - [object-assign](https://npm.io/package/object-assign.md) ^4.0.1 ## Alternatives - [style-dictionary](https://npm.io/package/style-dictionary.md) — 2.0M weekly downloads - [postcss-merge-idents](https://npm.io/package/postcss-merge-idents.md) — 1.7M weekly downloads - [@fontsource/noto-sans](https://npm.io/package/@fontsource/noto-sans.md) — 93.0K weekly downloads - [uglifycss](https://npm.io/package/uglifycss.md) — 71.6K weekly downloads - [mat4-interpolate](https://npm.io/package/mat4-interpolate.md) — 23.3K weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 0.2.0 (latest) — 2021-03-07 - 0.1.5 — 2017-05-11 - 0.1.4 — 2016-04-03 - 0.1.2 — 2016-04-03 - 0.1.1 — 2015-11-08 - 0.1.0 — 2015-11-08 - 0.0.11 — 2015-11-05 - 0.0.10 — 2015-04-03 - 0.0.9-b — 2015-02-27 - 0.0.9-a — 2015-02-26 - 0.0.9 — 2015-01-28 - 0.0.8 — 2014-12-22 - 0.0.7 — 2014-12-22 - 0.0.6 — 2014-11-21 - 0.0.5 — 2014-11-10 - … 5 more at https://npm.io/package/node-lessify/versions ## README node-lessify ============ Version 0.2.0 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/wilson428/node-lessify.png)](https://travis-ci.org/wilson428/node-lessify) [![Dependency Status](https://david-dm.org/wilson428/node-lessify.svg)](https://david-dm.org/wilson428/node-lessify) [![devDependencies](https://david-dm.org/wilson428/node-lessify/dev-status.svg)](https://david-dm.org/wilson428/node-lessify#info=devDependencies) LESS 3.12 precompiler and CSS plugin for Browserify. Inspired by [node-underscorify](https://github.com/maxparm/node-underscorify). Originally developed for TIME Magazine's [interactive deployment framework](https://github.com/TimeMagazine/time-interactive). When bundling an app using [Browserify](http://browserify.org/), it's often convenient to be able to include your CSS as a script that appends the style declarations to the head. This is particularly relevant for self-assembling apps that attach themselves to a page but otherwise have reserved real-estate on the DOM. This small script allows you to `require()` your CSS or LESS files as you would any other script. ## Installation ``` npm install node-lessify ``` ## Usage Write your LESS or CSS files as you normally would, and put them somewhere where your script can find it. Then simply require them as you might anything else: ``` require('./styles.less'); require('./mysite.css'); ``` To compile the stylesheets, pass this module to browserify as a transformation on the command line. ``` browserify -t node-lessify script.js > bundle.js ``` ## How it works The stylesheets are compiled (in the case of LESS), minified, and bundle into a function that creates a new `