Underscores is a minimal starter theme designed for developers who want to build custom website themes from the ground up. It provides a clean, standards-compliant codebase that serves as a blank canvas, avoiding the bloat and rigid structures of pre-built themes.

• Lean, Modern Codebase: Offers a just-right amount of well-commented, modern HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This organized foundation helps you start coding your design immediately without unnecessary overhead.
• Development-Focused Features: Includes custom template tags to keep code clean and prevent duplication, along with small helper functions to improve the theming experience. An optional sample custom header implementation is provided for reference.
• Responsive & Accessible Foundation: Comes with a script that converts the main navigation into a toggled dropdown on small screens, providing a ready-made responsive behavior for styling. It also includes a helpful 404 error page template.
• Layout Flexibility: Provides two sample CSS layouts in separate files for a sidebar on either the left or right side of the main content, giving you a starting point for common page structures.
• Open Source License: The theme is licensed under GPLv2 or later, granting you the freedom to use, modify, and distribute your creations built upon it.