Bourbon is a library of Sass mixins and functions that are designed to make you a more efficient style sheet author.

It is…

• Dependency-free: Bourbon is pure Sass.
• Human-readable: We aim for clarity over brevity.
• Lightweight: Zero output post-install and has no visual opinion.

The current stable version is 4.3.4. The master branch on GitHub is version 5.0.0.beta.8.

• Documentation
• Change log
• Twitter
• Stack Overflow

• Requirements
• Installation
• Command Line Interface
• Browser Support
• The Bourbon Family
• Contributing
• License
• About

• Sass 3.4+ or LibSass 3.3+

1. Install the Bourbon gem using the RubyGems package manager:

   gem install bourbon

   Alternatively, you can install Bourbon with Bower.

2. Install the Bourbon library into the current directory:

   bourbon install

   Pro Tip: You can target installation into a specific directory using the path flag:

   bourbon install --path my/custom/path/

3. Import Bourbon at the beginning of your stylesheet:

   @import "bourbon/bourbon";

   It’s not recommended that you modify Bourbon’s files directly as it will make updating to future versions difficult, by overwriting your custom changes or causing merge conflicts.

1. Add Bourbon to your Gemfile:

   gem "bourbon"

2. Then run:

   bundle install

3. Restart your server and rename application.css to application.scss:

   mv app/assets/stylesheets/application.css app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss

4. Delete all Sprockets directives in application.scss (require, require_tree and require_self) and use Sass’s native @import instead (why?).

5. Import Bourbon at the beginning of application.scss. Any project styles that utilize Bourbon’s features must be imported after Bourbon.

   @import "bourbon";
   @import "home";
   @import "users";

1. Add Bourbon as a dependency:

   npm install --save bourbon

2. If you’re using eyeglass, skip to Step 3. Otherwise, you’ll need to add Bourbon to your node-sass includePaths option. require("bourbon").includePaths is an array of directories that you should pass to node-sass. How you do this depends on how node-sass is integrated into your project.

3. Import Bourbon into your Sass files:

   @import "bourbon";

   Pro Tip: Check out this example gulp project that uses Bourbon and Neat.

1. Uninstall any Bourbon gem versions you already have:

   gem uninstall bourbon

2. Reinstall the Bourbon gem, using the -v flag to specify the version you need:

   gem install bourbon -v 4.2.7

3. Follow the instructions above to install Bourbon into your project.

bourbon [options]

Bourbon supports Internet Explorer 11+ and the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

Bourbon is part of a larger, modular family of Sass utilities:

• Neat: A lightweight and flexible Sass grid
• Bitters: Scaffold styles, variables and structure for Bourbon projects
• Refills: Components and patterns built with Bourbon and Neat

See the contributing document. Thank you, contributors!

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