Underscores is a minimalist starter theme designed for developers who want to build custom website themes from the ground up. It provides a clean, standards-compliant foundation that avoids unnecessary styling and features, allowing developers to focus on implementing unique designs and functionality.

• Lean, Modern Codebase: Provides a just-right amount of lean, well-commented HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This organized codebase is meant for hacking and serves as a blank canvas, giving you full control without having to strip out unwanted defaults.
• Essential Development Utilities: Includes helpful utilities like custom template tags to keep code clean and prevent duplication, a sample custom header implementation, and a responsive navigation script that turns menus into toggled dropdowns on small screens.
• Smart Starter Layouts: Comes with two sample CSS layouts in the /layouts/ directory for positioning a sidebar on either side of your main content, offering a flexible starting point for common design structures.
• Minimalist Styling: Features ultra-minimal CSS described as "theme tartare," which intentionally provides little visual styling. This approach ensures there is less pre-existing code to override, allowing your design decisions to take center stage immediately.
• GPL Licensed: The theme is licensed under GPLv2 or later, providing the freedom to use, modify, and distribute your creations built upon this starter foundation.