Underscores is a starter framework designed for developers who create custom themes on a widely-used content management system. It serves as a clean, minimal base that you can modify and extend, avoiding the bloat of pre-built themes and saving time in the development process. This tool is ideal for experienced developers who prefer to build themes from scratch with full control over code and design.

• Lean, well-commented templates: Offers modern HTML5 templates with minimal CSS, reducing clutter and making it easier to customize without unnecessary overrides.
• Custom template tags and functions: Includes organized files like inc/template-tags.php and inc/template-functions.php to keep code clean, prevent duplication, and improve theming efficiency.
• Responsive navigation: Provides a JavaScript file (js/navigation.js) that enables toggled dropdown menus on small screens, ready for styling to match your design.
• Sample layouts and CSS: Features two sample CSS layouts in the layouts/ folder for sidebars and smartly organized starter CSS in style.css to help kickstart your design quickly.
• Additional utilities: Comes with helpful extras like a 404 template, optional custom header implementation, and GPLv2 licensing for flexible use in projects.