Underscores is a minimal, standards-compliant starter theme for developers who build custom themes for content management systems. It is intended as a blank canvas, providing the essential structural code and organization needed to create a unique theme without the bulk of pre-styled components or complex frameworks.

• Lean, Modern Codebase: Offers a just-right amount of well-commented, modern HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This provides a solid, understandable foundation without unnecessary bloat that can slow development.
• 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. These are built as modular, hackable components.
• Smart CSS Organization: The starter CSS in style.css is logically structured to help you rapidly implement your own designs. It also includes two sample CSS layouts in a layouts/ directory for common sidebar configurations.
• GPL Licensing: Licensed under GPLv2 or later, providing the freedom to use, modify, and distribute your resulting theme for any purpose.