# JohnCoates/CSSketch

Plugin that adds CSS support to Sketch 3 for a faster design workflow.

Repository: https://github.com/JohnCoates/CSSketch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cssketch
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-05-26T16:12:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3978, "days_push": 3021, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1879, forks 91 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:48.468540+00:00)

## What it is
A Sketch 3 plugin that adds CSS support to the design tool, letting designers attach Sass or Less stylesheets to pages to lay out designs, change colors, and adjust shadows quickly. It is powered by the WebKit engine and auto-detects stylesheet changes, but is no longer maintained and does not work with recent Sketch versions.

## Use cases
- style sketch designs with css
- use sass variables in sketch layouts
- apply less stylesheets to sketch pages
- speed up design workflow with css in sketch
- batch update colors and shadows in sketch
- target sketch layers with css selectors

## When to choose
- you use an older version of Sketch 3 and prefer styling designs with CSS, Sass, or Less
- you want to apply stylesheet-driven layout and color changes across many Sketch layers at once
- you are interested in studying or reviving an open-source Objective-C Sketch plugin

## When to avoid
- you use a current version of Sketch, since the plugin is unsupported and incompatible
- you need a maintained tool with active bug fixes and support
- you do not work with Sketch or CSS-based design workflows

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: css-framework, developer-tools
- domain: web-design, developer-tools, frontend
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: sketch, css, sass, less, design-tools, stylesheet, webkit, objective-c, design-workflow, discontinued, macos

## Member repositories
- JohnCoates/CSSketch (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.468540+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:14:37.098752+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JohnCoates/CSSketch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:48.468540+00:00, sha 8ae669da391a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.