# Primer Core [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/primer-core.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/primer-core) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/primer/primer.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/primer/primer) > Primer core is one of 3 meta-packages that belong to the Primer framework. Primer core contains packages that are shared between GitHub product and marketing websites. This repository is a compilation of [several CSS packages](https://github.com/primer/primer). You can break it down into smaller sections using npm. ## Install This repository is distributed with [npm][npm]. After [installing npm][install-npm], you can install `primer` with this command. **You must have npm >=3.0 installed to be able to satisfy the dependency paths** ``` $ npm install --save primer-core ``` ## Usage The source files included are written in [Sass][sass] (`scss`) You can simply point your sass `include-path` at your `node_modules` directory and import it like this. ```scss @import "primer-core/index.scss"; ``` You can also import specific portions of the module by importing those partials from the `/lib/` folder. _Make sure you import any requirements along with the modules._ ## Build For a compiled **CSS** version of this module, an npm script is included that will output a CSS version to `build/build.css` The built CSS file is also included in the npm package. ``` $ npm run build ``` ## Documentation You can read more about primer in the [docs][docs]. ## License [MIT](./LICENSE) © [GitHub](https://github.com/) [primer]: https://github.com/primer/primer [docs]: http://primer.github.io/ [npm]: https://www.npmjs.com/ [install-npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node [sass]: http://sass-lang.com/