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Compile FSCSS from Python — CLI, API, Flask & Django
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Compile FSCSS from Python — CLI, API, Flask & Django

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FSCSS (Figured Shorthand CSS) usually shows up next to npm, a browser IDE, or a CDN runtime. If your stack is Python-first , you still shouldn’t have to maintain a separate Node app just to turn .fscss into CSS.

The fscss package on PyPI is a thin Python layer around the official compiler. It vendors xfscss (currently 1.2.6 ) and runs it with Node. Same language as the IDE and npm install fscss — not a second, partial implementation.

Repo: github.com/Omonire/fscss-py

Hub guide: hub.devtem.org/python-compiler

Language docs: fscss.devtem.org

What you get

Surface Use

compile_file / compile_string / compile_dir Build scripts & tools

CLI fscss in.fscss out.css Local / CI

--watch Simple recompile loop

init_flask / init_django Static assets on app start

Requirements: Python 3.7+ (tested 3.8–3.12) and Node.js 20+ on PATH .…

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