---
title: 'Announcing Sassquatch: A Zero-setup Sass Previewer for OS X'
teaser: A zero-setup Sass previewer for OS X.
tags: news,sass,design,osx
author: Reda Lemeden
published_on: 2015-02-27
---

![Sassquatch screenshot](https://images.thoughtbot.com/sassquatch/screenshot.jpg)

We're pleased to release [Sassquatch], a native Sass previewer for OS X.

Between client projects and open source tools, we spend a considerable amount of
our time writing Sass.

Typically, we would have a Web server running locally and a process monitoring
Sass changes such as Rails, Gulp.js, or `sass --watch`. Additionally, we often
use a browser auto-reload tool such as LiveReload or BrowserSync.

While this setup works fine for most typical Web projects, it becomes extremely
tedious when all you need is isolating a bug, exploring a new Sass feature, or
spiking a new function or mixin. There are online tools that attempt to help
with this, but their speed and reliability are inconsistent.

This is why we set out to build a Sass output previewer that requires no setup
or use of the command line. Just open any `.scss` file in Sassquatch to
immediately preview the CSS output. Better yet, you don't have to reopen the
file when you modify it in your code editor; Sassquatch will refresh as soon as
you save the file.

Sassquatch defaults to a two-pane layout displaying both the Sass source and the
CSS output. If you don't need to look at the source, you can toggle the left
pane off.

You can download a free, time-limited trial or purchase an unrestricted license
on the [Sassquatch website][sassquatch].

[sassquatch]: http://sassquatch.thoughtbot.com/