| 1 | # stylelint
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| 3 | [](https://www.npmjs.org/package/stylelint) [](https://github.com/stylelint/stylelint/actions) [](https://npmcharts.com/compare/stylelint?minimal=true)
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| 5 | A mighty, modern linter that helps you avoid errors and enforce conventions in your styles.
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| 7 | ## Features
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| 9 | It's mighty as it:
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| 11 | - understands the **latest CSS syntax** including custom properties and level 4 selectors
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| 12 | - extracts **embedded styles** from HTML, markdown and CSS-in-JS object & template literals
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| 13 | - parses **CSS-like syntaxes** like SCSS, Sass, Less and SugarSS
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| 14 | - has over **170 built-in rules** to catch errors, apply limits and enforce stylistic conventions
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| 15 | - supports **plugins** so you can create your own rules or make use of plugins written by the community
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| 16 | - automatically **fixes** the majority of stylistic violations
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| 17 | - is **well tested** with over 15000 unit tests
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| 18 | - supports **shareable configs** that you can extend or create
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| 19 | - is **unopinionated** so that you can customize it to your exact needs
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| 20 | - has a **growing community** and is used by [Facebook](https://code.facebook.com/posts/879890885467584/improving-css-quality-at-facebook-and-beyond/), [GitHub](https://github.com/primer/stylelint-config-primer) and [WordPress](https://github.com/WordPress-Coding-Standards/stylelint-config-wordpress)
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| 22 | ## Example output
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| 26 | ## Getting started
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| 28 | You'll find steps to [get started in our User guide](docs/user-guide/get-started.md).
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| 30 | ## Contributors
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| 32 | Without the contributions from [all these fantastic people](https://github.com/stylelint/stylelint/graphs/contributors), stylelint would not exist. [Become a contributor](CONTRIBUTING.md).
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| 34 | ## Backers
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| 36 | <a href="https://opencollective.com/stylelint#backers" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/stylelint/backers.svg?width=890"></a>
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| 38 | Thank you to all our backers! [Become a backer](https://opencollective.com/stylelint#backer).
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| 40 | ## Sponsors
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| 42 | <a href="https://opencollective.com/stylelint/sponsor/0/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/stylelint/sponsor/0/avatar.svg"></a>
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| 44 | Support this project to show your logo here with a link to your website. [Become a sponsor](https://opencollective.com/stylelint#sponsor).
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| 46 | ## License
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| 48 | [The MIT License](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stylelint/stylelint/master/LICENSE).
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