Underscores is a minimal starter theme designed for developers who build custom themes for the popular content management system. It provides a lean, standards-compliant codebase that serves as a blank canvas, allowing developers to implement their own designs and functionality without having to strip out unwanted defaults.

• Lean, Modern Codebase: Offers a just-right amount of well-commented, modern HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This organized foundation helps you start your design quickly without wrestling with bloated code.
• Development-Focused Features: Includes custom template tags to keep code clean and prevent duplication, along with helpful template functions to improve the theming workflow. It also provides a sample custom header implementation.
• Responsive & Accessible Foundation: Comes with a navigation script that converts menus into a toggled dropdown on small screens, ready for custom styling. It also includes two sample CSS layouts for sidebar positioning.
• Minimalist Design Philosophy: The ultra-minimal CSS is intentionally basic, described as 'theme tartare,' to ensure nothing gets in your way. This approach provides maximum flexibility for your unique design vision.
• Open Source License: Licensed under GPLv2 or later, giving you the freedom to use, modify, and distribute your creations built upon this starter theme.