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Unmaintained! ⚠️ CSS Object Model implemented in pure JavaScript. Also, a CSS parser.
https://github.com/NV/CSSOM

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Unmaintained! ⚠️ CSS Object Model implemented in pure JavaScript. Also, a CSS parser.

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# CSSOM

CSSOM.js is a CSS parser written in pure JavaScript. It is also a partial implementation of [CSS Object Model](http://dev.w3.org/csswg/cssom/).

CSSOM.parse("body {color: black}")
-> {
cssRules: [
{
selectorText: "body",
style: {
0: "color",
color: "black",
length: 1
}
}
]
}

## [Parser demo](http://nv.github.io/CSSOM/docs/parse.html)

Works well in Google Chrome 6+, Safari 5+, Firefox 3.6+, Opera 10.63+.
Doesn't work in IE < 9 because of unsupported getters/setters.

To use CSSOM.js in the browser you might want to build a one-file version that exposes a single `CSSOM` global variable:

➤ git clone https://github.com/NV/CSSOM.git
➤ cd CSSOM
➤ node build.js
build/CSSOM.js is done

To use it with Node.js or any other CommonJS loader:

➤ npm install cssom

## Why is this not maintained?

1. I no longer use it in my projects
2. Even though cssom npm package has 26 million weekly downloads (as of April 17, 2023), I haven't made a dollar from my work.

If you want specific issues to be resolved, you can hire me for $100 per hour (which is 1/2 of my normal rate).

## Don’t use it if...

You parse CSS to mungle, minify or reformat code like this:

```css
div {
background: gray;
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, white 0%, black 100%);
}
```

This pattern is often used to give browsers that don’t understand linear gradients a fallback solution (e.g. gray color in the example).
In CSSOM, `background: gray` [gets overwritten](http://nv.github.io/CSSOM/docs/parse.html#css=div%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20background%3A%20gray%3B%0A%20%20%20%20background%3A%20linear-gradient(to%20bottom%2C%20white%200%25%2C%20black%20100%25)%3B%0A%7D).
It does **NOT** get preserved.

If you do CSS mungling, minification, or image inlining, considere using one of the following:

* [postcss](https://github.com/postcss/postcss)
* [reworkcss/css](https://github.com/reworkcss/css)
* [csso](https://github.com/css/csso)
* [mensch](https://github.com/brettstimmerman/mensch)

## [Tests](http://nv.github.com/CSSOM/spec/)

To run tests locally:

➤ git submodule init
➤ git submodule update

## [Who uses CSSOM.js](https://github.com/NV/CSSOM/wiki/Who-uses-CSSOM.js)