Underscores is a minimal starter theme designed for developers who build custom themes from the ground up. It provides a clean, standards-compliant codebase that serves as an ideal foundation, eliminating the need to reverse-engineer or strip down bloated existing themes.

• Lean, Commented Code: Offers a just-right amount of modern, well-commented HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This organized structure provides clarity and speeds up the initial development phase.
• Development-Focused Features: Includes practical utilities like custom template tags to prevent code duplication, a sample custom header implementation, and a responsive navigation script for small screens.
• Flexible Layout Options: Comes with two sample CSS layouts in the /layouts/ directory, providing a starting point for sidebar-on-left or sidebar-on-right designs.
• Minimal Design Interference: The ultra-minimal default styling is intentionally basic, ensuring nothing gets in the way of your custom design vision and CSS work.
• Helpful Boilerplates: Contains useful starting points like a 404 template and optional functional tweaks to improve the theming experience, all licensed under GPLv2 for open use.