Stylus
Browser extension for applying custom CSS user styles to websites.
Recommended for applying custom CSS overrides to sites like YouTube and GitHub,1234 and as a lightweight replacement for Stylish that stays among a minimal set of always-on extensions.5 It suits users comfortable writing their own small CSS rules, even quick hacked-together fixes.678
Why people recommend it
Site CSS overrides · 3
Commenters use it to restyle sites they dislike, from YouTube layouts to GitHub syntax colors.
“I use the Stylus[0] extension with this style in order to fix it”
“I use stylus to apply "*{border-radius: 0 !important;}" to a bunch of sites”
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“I installed Stylus (a Chrome extension) to change GitHub's syntax highlighting colors”
Quick fixes · 2
Small hand-written rules are enough to fix annoying page elements.
“I use a 30-seconds-of-work horribly-hacked Stylus setting”
“until I discovered the Stylus extension and created an override for it”
Cross-browser · 3
Commenters report using it in both Chrome and Firefox.
“I installed Stylus (a Chrome extension) to change GitHub's syntax highlighting colors”
“I use Stylus in Firefox to manage such things”
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“I use a 30-seconds-of-work horribly-hacked Stylus setting”
Stylish alternative · 1
Recommended as a good alternative to Stylish and kept enabled by a minimal-extension user.
“Stylus is a good alternative to Stylish.”
Caveats and dissent
Requires CSS · 2
Fixes are user-written CSS, sometimes described as hacky.
“I use a 30-seconds-of-work horribly-hacked Stylus setting”
“I use the Stylus[0] extension with this style in order to fix it”
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Who recommends it in their own words
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Data: stylus.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“I use Stylus in Firefox to manage such things”
“I use a 30-seconds-of-work horribly-hacked Stylus setting”
“until I discovered the Stylus extension and created an override for it”
“I installed Stylus (a Chrome extension) to change GitHub's syntax highlighting colors”
“I use stylus to apply "*{border-radius: 0 !important;}" to a bunch of sites”
“Stylus is a good alternative to Stylish.”
“I use the Stylus[0] extension with this style in order to fix it”
“A Stylus userstyles (CSS) mod called [AdashimaaTube]”
“things like Stylus/uBlock Origin filters”