A standalone version of the LESS command-line compiler that will run on Windows with no other dependencies.
Consists of a standalone version of Node.js (compressed from 5 MB to 1.8 MB using UPX) and the bare minimum less.js files. The whole package weighs in at just over 2 MB.
Either clone the repository or download and extract the latest ZIP and invoke lessc.cmd as detailed below.
Basic usage:
lessc path\source.less path\output.css
Compress CSS:
lessc --yui-compress path\source.less path\output.css
For full usage:
lessc -h
Previously the project used the Windows Script Host cscript.exe as its runtime. Over time this was proving to be diffcult to support as it was essentially using the browser-based version of less.js and stubbing out objects like window and document to mimic the browser environment. This version is still available in the windows-script-host branch.