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Vision

A linter and validator for CSS that is:

  • complete - coverage of all standard CSS syntax
  • extensible - multiple points of extension
  • configurable - options to tailor the linter
  • robust - comprehensive test coverage
  • consistent - conventions for behavior, naming and documentation
  • performant - tools to test and improve performance

Complete

Provide built-in rules for standard CSS syntax that:

Extensible

Provide multiple points of extensions, including:

  • custom syntaxes - use any PostCSS-compatible syntax to support other CSS-like languages and containers
  • extendable configs - extend and share configurations
  • formatters - format Stylelint result objects
  • plugins - build custom rules to support methodologies, toolsets, non-standard CSS features, other languages (like SCSS) or very specific use cases

Robust

Provide a robust tool with a comprehensive test suite, including:

  • high coverage, currently over 95%
  • a wide range of fixtures for rules

Consistent

Provide consistency throughout, including consistent conventions for our rules and options.

Performant

Provide a fast tool and the means to test and improve performance, including benchmarking of an individual rule's performance.