Underscores is a minimal, highly adaptable starter theme for developers who build custom themes for content management systems. It provides a clean, standards-compliant codebase that serves as a blank canvas, allowing developers to implement unique designs and functionality without the overhead of pre-built styles and features.

• Lean, Modern Codebase: Offers a just-right amount of well-commented, modern HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This organized foundation helps you start development quickly without unnecessary bloat.
• Development-Focused Features: Includes custom template tags to keep code clean and prevent duplication, along with template functions to improve the theming workflow. An optional sample custom header implementation is also provided.
• Responsive & Accessible Foundation: Comes with a navigation script that converts menus into toggled dropdowns on small screens, ready for styling. It also includes two sample CSS layouts for sidebar positioning.
• Practical Templates: Provides a helpful 404 error page template and all essential theme files, giving you a complete but minimal structure to expand upon.
• Open Source License: Licensed under GPLv2 or later, ensuring you have the freedom to use, modify, and distribute your creations built upon this starter theme.