# hustlei/QssStylesheetEditor

Editor for qt stylesheet (qss).  Real-time preview, and user can define varibles in qss.

Repository: https://github.com/hustlei/QssStylesheetEditor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/qssstylesheeteditor
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: qss, qt, stylesheet, skin, editor, qsseditor, qssmate, qssstylesheeteditor
Last push: 2023-09-10T01:35:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2777, "days_push": 1089, "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 1482, forks 272 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:51.081327+00:00)

## What it is
QssStylesheetEditor is a desktop GUI application for editing Qt stylesheets (QSS) with real-time preview of Qt widgets. It supports syntax highlighting, autocompletion, custom variables, QPalette references, and custom UI code preview.

## Use cases
- edit qt stylesheet qss files with live preview
- design custom skins and themes for qt applications
- preview how qt widgets look with a stylesheet applied
- define variables in qss to reuse colors across a stylesheet
- change qss variable colors via a color picker dialog
- preview custom qt ui code with a stylesheet
- switch between system themes like xp and vista in qt apps

## When to choose
- you are developing a Qt/PyQt application and need to write or tweak QSS stylesheets
- you want instant visual feedback of stylesheet changes on real Qt widgets
- you want variable support and color pickers that plain text editors lack
- you need a cross-platform QSS editor with syntax highlighting and autocompletion

## When to avoid
- you style web applications with CSS rather than Qt stylesheets
- you need automated or headless QSS processing in a build pipeline
- you require an actively developed tool with frequent updates and modern maintenance
- you need a general-purpose code editor rather than a QSS-specific tool

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, gui, developer-tools, theme
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications, cross-platform, web-design
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: qss, qt, stylesheet-editor, skin, real-time-preview, code-highlighting, syntax-highlighting, pyqt, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- hustlei/QssStylesheetEditor (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.081327+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 2026-08-30T04:34:07.391587+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hustlei/QssStylesheetEditor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.081327+00:00, sha c89bc27ef091)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.