# lit-CSS Plugins Build plugins to import css files as JavaScript tagged-template literal objects. > _The "Lit" stands for "Literal"_ You can use it to import CSS for various libraries like `lit-element`, `@microsoft/fast-element`, or others. ## Do I Need This? No. These are optional packages whose sole purpose is to make it easier to write CSS-in-CSS. You can just as easily write your CSS in some '`styles.css.js`' modules a la: ```js import { css } from 'lit'; export default css`:host { display: block; }`; ``` And this may actually be preferred. Hopefully this package will become quickly obsolete when the [CSS Modules Proposal](https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents/issues/759) (or something like it) is accepted and implemented. In the mean time, enjoy importing your CSS into your component files. - [Shared Logic](./packages/lit-css) - [esbuild](./packages/esbuild-plugin-lit-css) - [TypeScript](./packages/types ...