🆚 Less vs. YAML

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About

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

YAML is a data serialization language designed to be human friendly and work well with modern programming languages for common everyday tasks.

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Standards › Rank #25
Standards › Rank #14

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

YAML is 5 times more popular than Less.
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Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

YAML is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Less is more popular in Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Australia
India
Netherlands
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France
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Italy

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Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

YAML is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and fashion and beauty, while Less is more commonly used on sports, forum, bulletin boards, and general news sites.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Business
Sports
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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