Underscores is a minimal starter theme designed for developers who build custom themes for the popular content management system. It provides a clean, standards-compliant codebase as a foundation, allowing developers to focus on creating unique designs and functionality without starting from absolute zero or removing unwanted features from a bloated framework.

• Lean, commented code: Offers a just-right amount of modern HTML5 templates and starter CSS that is well-commented, making it easy to understand and modify.
• Essential development tools: Includes custom template tags to keep code clean and prevent duplication, along with helpful template functions to improve the theming workflow.
• Responsive-ready components: Comes with a JavaScript navigation script that creates a toggled dropdown menu for small screens, providing a solid base for responsive design.
• Flexible layout options: Provides two sample CSS layouts in the /layouts/ directory for sidebars on either side of the content, offering starting points for common structures.
• GPL licensing: Licensed under GPLv2 or later, ensuring the freedom to use, modify, and distribute the theme and any derivatives.