Version Details and Security Vulnerabilities

Bootstrap-styl offers a way to leverage the power of Bootstrap's CSS framework using Stylus, a flexible and expressive CSS preprocessor. Comparing versions 4.0.0 and 3.3.1 of the bootstrap-styl package reveals key differences relevant for developers. Version 4.0.0 represents a port of Bootstrap 3.3.1 to Stylus, indicating an effort to maintain feature parity with the core Bootstrap framework at that specific version. This is crucial; developers using version 4.0.0 get the Bootstrap 3.3.1 functionality but written in Stylus instead of plain CSS.

Both versions share identical development dependencies, including Grunt for task automation, Stylus for CSS preprocessing, and various Grunt plugins for tasks like autoprefixing, CSS minification, cleaning, uglification, and watching for changes. This consistency suggests a similar build and development workflow across both versions. The core value proposition lies in using Stylus, allowing developers to organize and manage their Bootstrap-based stylesheets more efficiently with features like variables, mixins, and functions. The main difference between both package versions consists in the *name* variable value, but the core is untouched. The release dates also highlight that version 4.0.0 came out a couple of weeks after version 3.3.1, emphasizing that the main feature is just the name changing.

For developers choosing between these versions, the choice largely depends on their familiarity with Stylus and whether they need Bootstrap 3.3.1 implemented using CSS preprocessors.