# kss-node/kss-node

The Node.js implementation of KSS: a methodology for documenting CSS and generating style guides

Repository: https://github.com/kss-node/kss-node
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kss-node
Homepage: http://kss-node.github.io/kss-node/
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-11-09T14:51:02+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": 5315, "days_push": 1028, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1502, forks 265 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.379827+00:00)

## What it is
kss-node is a Node.js implementation of the KSS (Knyle Style Sheets) documentation syntax for CSS, which parses human-readable KSS comments in stylesheets and generates a living style guide. It ships with a command-line tool that builds static HTML style guides and a JavaScript API for custom builders.

## Use cases
- generate a living style guide from CSS comments
- document CSS components with KSS syntax
- build static HTML style guide from Sass or LESS files
- parse KSS comments into JSON
- create a custom style guide builder with a JavaScript API

## When to choose
- you want machine- and human-readable CSS documentation
- you maintain a component library and need a living style guide
- you use CSS preprocessors like Sass or LESS and want automatic docs
- you want a CLI that outputs static HTML style guides

## When to avoid
- you need component-driven tooling like Storybook with live rendered components
- your project is not JavaScript/Node.js based
- you need actively developed tooling with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, parser, static-site-generator, cli, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, documentation, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: style-guide, kss, css-documentation, living-style-guide, handlebars, sass, less, css, nodejs

## Member repositories
- kss-node/kss-node (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.379827+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 2026-08-30T04:32:53.307716+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kss-node/kss-node (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.379827+00:00, sha ec6728cb2354)
  - homepage: http://kss-node.github.io/kss-node/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:38:02.050181+00:00, sha 944e5bae8d9e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.