🆚 Less vs. Sass

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Less
Sass

Type

Standard
Standard

About

Less ("Leaner Style Sheets") is a backward-compatible CSS language extension inspired by Sass that supports variables, mixins, operations, and functions.

Sass ("syntactically awesome style sheets") is a stylesheet language that compiles to CSS and allows developers to use variables, nested rules, mixins, and functions.

Website

lesscss.org #2,039,198
sass-lang.com #344,192

Categories

Standards › Rank #25
Standards › Rank #22

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Sass is 1.4 times more popular than Less.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Sass is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while Less is more popular in Germany, Russia, and the Czech Republic.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Russia
Czech Republic
Australia
France
Canada
Vietnam
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Sass is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Less is more commonly used on sports, forum, bulletin boards, and education and reference sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Sports
Fashion/Beauty
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Education/Reference
Travel
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#19
#50
#101
#198
#317
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Name
Rank
#275
#918
#1,079
#1,268
#1,294
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