# Getting Started With Sass

Sass is a superset of CSS that adds in amazing features such as variables, nested selectors and loops. It's also the easiest way to customize Foundation!

*** ### System Requirements Before proceeding, you'll want to install the following on your system: * Git * [Ruby 1.9+](https://www.ruby-lang.org/) * [NodeJS](http://nodejs.org) Starting in Foundation 5, we've started using bower to manage the updating process of Foundation. It only needs to be installed one time using the following command:

Bash

```bash [sudo] npm install -g bower grunt-cli ``` Then you can install our CLI using the following command:

Bash

```bash gem install foundation ``` *** ### Using Foundation With Compass [Compass](http://compass-style.org/) is the easiest way to get going with Sass. It can be installed with the following commands:

New Project

{{#markdown}} ```bash foundation new MY_PROJECT ``` {{/markdown}}

Updating Your Project

{{#markdown}} ```bash cd MY_PROJECT foundation update ``` {{/markdown}}
*** ### Using Foundation With Grunt + Libsass Using [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com) in conjunction with [Libsass](https://github.com/hcatlin/libsass) is the fastest way to compile your Sass stylesheets.

New Project

{{#markdown}} ```bash foundation new MY_PROJECT --libsass ``` {{/markdown}}

Updating Your Project

{{#markdown}} ```bash cd MY_PROJECT foundation update ``` {{/markdown}}
*** ### Using Foundation with something else If you prefer using Foundation with a tool that's not listed here, you may want to check out our [community](/develop/tools.html) page to see if there's a port for you.