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less.js

Less. The dynamic stylesheet language.

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What it is

Less. The dynamic stylesheet language.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:59:53 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year16 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2010-04-30 16:03:14 UTC to 2015-08-26 23:36:41 UTC.

0123452010-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments20102011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20122013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 2 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2015

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20102010-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20112011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20122012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC220
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

From the project README

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Read the project’s introduction
This is the Less.js monorepo. More information For general information on the language, configuration options or usage visit lesscss.org. Here are other resources for using Less.js: stackoverflow.com is a great place to get answers about Less. Less.js Issues for reporting bugs Contributing Please read CONTRIBUTING.md. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt. Reporting Issues Before opening any issue, please search for existing issues and read the Issue Guidelines, written by Nicolas Gallagher. After that if you find a bug or would like to make feature request, please open a new issue. Please report documentation issues in the documentation project. Development Read Developing Less. Release History See the changelog Contributors This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. [Contribute]. Matthew Dean 💻 📖 🚧 📆 Alexis Sellier 💻 📖 Luke Page 💻 Max Mikhailov 💻 Lei Chen 💻 🐛 📖 Daniel Puckowski 💻 🐛 Add your contributions License Copyright (c) 2009-2025 Alexis Sellier & The Core Less Team Licensed under the Apache License.
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