install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install node-sass

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#sass

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/sa/sass/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S dart-sass

Arch Linux sync databases · dart-sass · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install sass

Chocolatey community package catalog · sass · source: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/sass

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/sass.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

JavaScript implementation of a Sass compiler

Project links

Commands and aliases

sass

history

Project history and usage

The Homebrew formula named node-sass now points at Dart Sass rather than the retired `node-sass` LibSass wrapper. Homebrew describes the formula as a JavaScript implementation of a Sass compiler and links it to `sass/dart-sass`, with the `sass` executable as the practical package surface.

Project history

The historical `node-sass` npm package was a Node.js wrapper around LibSass. The Sass team wrote on 26 October 2020 that LibSass and packages built on top of it, including Node Sass, were deprecated because LibSass lacked enough maintainer bandwidth to keep up with Sass and CSS language changes.

Dart Sass 1.0.0 was released on 26 March 2018. The Sass team described that release as the first stable Dart Sass release, published to GitHub, npm, Chocolatey, Homebrew, and pub, with compatibility with the Sass spec test suite and broad compatibility with the Node Sass API.

On 24 July 2024 the Sass team declared Node Sass end-of-life, marked the npm package deprecated, archived its GitHub repository, and recommended migration to Dart Sass. The same post notes that there is no longer an officially supported way to use LibSass from Node.js.

Adoption history

Node Sass mattered because it made Sass common outside the original Ruby ecosystem, especially in JavaScript build pipelines that wanted a fast native compiler. Its retirement was not just a package rename: it marked the JavaScript ecosystem's shift from LibSass bindings to Dart Sass as the maintained reference implementation.

Homebrew Formulae lists node-sass 1.101.0, linked to Dart Sass, with 3,447 installs over 365 days and 3,259 installs on request. That residual use mostly represents people installing a familiar package name to get the maintained `sass` compiler rather than adopting the old Node Sass binding.

How it is used

For new work, package nerds treat this as Dart Sass: run `sass input.scss output.css`, use watch/build scripts, or depend on the JavaScript API from the `sass` package. The Dart Sass README shows `npm install -g sass` for a global executable and `npm install --save-dev sass` for project use, then `require('sass')` and `sass.compile(...)` from Node.

For legacy migrations, the Sass team's short path is to replace `node-sass` in `package.json` with `sass`. Most old `render()` and `renderSync()` callers continue through Dart Sass's legacy JavaScript API, but new code should use the newer compile API because the legacy API is deprecated for Dart Sass 2.0.0.

Why package nerds care

This formula is a naming fossil. It preserves the ecosystem memory of Node Sass while delivering Dart Sass, and it is useful precisely because build tools, READMEs, and muscle memory often say `node-sass` even after the maintained compiler moved on.

Related projects

Dart Sass
LibSass
Ruby Sass
sass npm package
sass-embedded

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`sass`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04

manager version1.102.0

manager updated2026-07-26

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/sass/dart-sass

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/sass/dart-sassnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:node-sass
Version	1.102.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/node-sass
Homepage	https://github.com/sass/dart-sass
Repository	https://github.com/sass/dart-sass
License	MIT
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/sass/-/sass-1.102.0.tgz
Last updated	2026-07-26T03:56:13Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	node
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	node-sass
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix92%

sass

nix profile install nixpkgs#sass

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Sass

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sa/sass/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman92%

dart-sass 1.102.0-1

Sass makes CSS fun again

http://sass-lang.com/

sudo pacman -S dart-sass

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
1 dependencies
1 provides
installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Sass

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: dart-sass from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

Chocolatey92%

sass

choco install sass

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Sass

Chocolatey community package catalog · community.chocolatey.org · Chocolatey community package catalog: sass from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','samsung-magician'

Scoop92%

main/sass

scoop install main/sass

installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Sass

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/sass.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/node-sass.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

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