Designed by | Alexis Sellier |
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Developer | Alexis Sellier, Dmitry Fadeyev |
First appeared | 2009; 12 years ago |
Stable release | |
Typing discipline | Dynamic |
Implementation language | JavaScript |
OS | Cross-platform |
License | Apache License 2.0 |
Filename extensions | .less |
Website | lesscss.org |
Influenced by | |
CSS, Sass | |
Influenced | |
Sass, Less Framework, Bootstrap (v3) |
Name | Description | Software License | Platform | Functionality |
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WinLess - Windows GUI for less.js at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 June 2015) | GUI Less Compiler | Apache 2.0[8] | Windows | Compiler |
Crunch | Less editor and compiler (requires Adobe AIR) | GPL[9] | Windows, Mac OS X | Compiler Editor |
less.js-windows | Simple command-line utility for Windows that will compile *.less files to CSS using less.js. | MIT License[10] | Windows | Compiler |
less.app | Less Compiler | Proprietary | Mac OS X | Compiler |
CodeKit | Less Compiler | Proprietary | Mac OS X | Compiler |
LessEngine | Less Compiler | Free | OpenCart Plugin | Compiler |
SimpLESS | Less Compiler | free but no explicit license[11] | Windows Mac OS X Linux | Compiler |
Chirpy | Less Compiler | Ms-PL[12] | Visual Studio Plugin | Compiler |
Mindscape Web Workbench | Syntax highlighting and IntelliSense for Less and Sass | Proprietary | Visual Studio Plugin | Compiler Syntax Highlighting |
Eclipse Plugin for Less | Eclipse Plugin | EPL 1.0[13] | Eclipse Plugin | Syntax highlighting Content assist Compiler |
mod_less | Apache2 module to compile Less on the fly | Open Source | Linux | Compiler |
grunt-contrib-less | Node.js Grunt task to convert Less to CSS | MIT[14] | Node.js | Compiler |
Web Essentials | Visual Studio extension with support for Less and Sass | Apache 2.0 [15] | Windows | Syntax highlighting, Content assist, Compiler |
clessc | Pure C++ compiler | MIT[16] | at least Windows, Linux, MacOS | Compiler |
Less WebCompiler | Web-based compiler | MIT[17] | at least Windows, Linux, MacOS | Compiler, Syntax highlighting, Minifier |