How PostCSS CLI is used
PostCSS CLI joined the catalog on its public numbers (664,719 downloads a week on npm and 856 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 18 public GitHub projects of our scan, 15 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Tailwind CSS (100.0%), Sass (44.4%), React (66.7%).
PostCSS CLI popularity over time
Gid Score 37: downloads 60, use in agent projects 26, GitHub stars 9, downloads trend 51 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with PostCSS CLI
| Tailwind CSS | 100.0% of PostCSS CLI projects · 3.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| Sass | 44.4% of PostCSS CLI projects · 25.5× more than average |
| React | 66.7% of PostCSS CLI projects · 2.0× more than average |
| dotenv | 44.4% of PostCSS CLI projects · 2.9× more than average |
| ESLint | 66.7% of PostCSS CLI projects · 1.8× more than average |
| Babel (JavaScript) | 27.8% of PostCSS CLI projects · 7.5× more than average |
| webpack | 27.8% of PostCSS CLI projects · 31.9× more than average |
| webpack CLI | 27.8% of PostCSS CLI projects · 35.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list PostCSS CLI as a dependency.
How PostCSS CLI is funded
Open Collective: PostCSS and Autoprefixer
| Received, last 12 months | $9,801 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $10,137 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $54,054 |
| Raised since the start | $54,054 |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $284 · $398 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | +47% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 22 |
Top company backers all time, 23 companies in total
| Tailwind CSS | $10,000 since Mar 2020 |
|---|---|
| ThemeIsle | $10,000 since Mar 2021 |
| THANKS.DEV | $7,149 since Feb 2024 |
| Modern Treasury | $4,800 since Dec 2021 |
| InVision AG | $4,400 since May 2020 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Dec 2019. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 5 more tools in our catalog: postcss-import, postcss-nested, postcss-url, postcss-selector-parser, PostCSS Simple Vars.
Open Collective lists this collective for the postcss organization on GitHub, so the money is for all of its projects, not PostCSS CLI alone.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Evil Martians. Source
Install
| Package | npm install postcss-cli |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (8), Next.js (4), Python (4), PHP (2) |
| Example projects | Automattic/wp-calypso, rubenarslan/formr.org, lekhmanrus/ngx-multiple-dates, dimaslanjaka/php-proxy-hunter |
Alternatives to PostCSS CLI
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Styling and CSS does the same job as PostCSS CLI: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
More in Styling and CSS: Tailwind CSS Tailwind Merge Emotion Sass tailwind-variants NativeWind Fontsource Inter postcss-import