Used in agent projects
233
1.8% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in styling and css
#4 of 15
by use in those projects
Downloads
30.9M
npm, last 7 days, sass
GitHub stars
4,230
last push Oct 5, 2026
How Sass is used
Sass is a dependency in 233 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.8%), #4 of 15 in styling and css. The most used alternative there is Tailwind CSS. Projects that use it most often also use ESLint (71.2%), React (70.4%), Testing Library (25.8%).
Often used with Sass
| ESLint | 71.2% of Sass projects · 1.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| React | 70.4% of Sass projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Testing Library | 25.8% of Sass projects · 3.6× more than average |
| Vite | 45.5% of Sass projects · 2.0× more than average |
| TypeScript | 66.5% of Sass projects |
| Axios | 28.3% of Sass projects · 2.8× more than average |
| Tailwind CSS | 49.8% of Sass projects |
| Prettier | 34.8% of Sass projects · 2.0× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 2.3% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 1.9% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Sass as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install sass |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (146), Next.js (61), PHP (13), Python (7) |
| Example projects | Automattic/wp-calypso, Nexus-Mods/Vortex, ChenyCHENYU/Robot_Admin, Hyk260/PureChat, thepower/PowerDapp |
Alternatives to Sass
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tailwind CSS npm Utility-first CSS framework for building custom user interfaces rapidly. |
4,410 (34.7%) | 134M | 97.9K | MIT |
| Tailwind Merge npm Merge Tailwind CSS classes intelligently without style conflicts. |
2,136 (16.8%) | 85.8M | 5,695 | MIT |
| Emotion npm CSS-in-JS library for styling React components with scoped styles and theming. |
332 (2.6%) | 20.2M | 18K | MIT |
| styled-components npm CSS-in-JS library for styling React components with dynamic scoped styles. |
154 (1.2%) | 10.8M | 41.1K | MIT |
| react-responsive npm React library for implementing responsive design with CSS media queries. |
54 (0.4%) | 1.4M | 7,182 | MIT |
| tailwind-variants npm Compose Tailwind CSS classes conditionally with a variant-first composition API. |
53 (0.4%) | 4.3M | 3,318 | MIT |
| postcss-import npm PostCSS plugin to inline @import rules before other transformations. |
46 (0.4%) | 41M | 1,409 | MIT |
| NativeWind npm Use Tailwind CSS in cross-platform React Native applications. |
45 (0.4%) | 1.9M | 8,106 | MIT |