What is the difference between SASS and SCSS? When Sass first came out, the main syntax was noticably different from CSS. It used indentation instead of braces, didn't require semi-colons and had shorthand operators. In short, it looked a lot like Haml. Some folks didn't take too kindly to the new syntax, and in version 3 Sass changed it's main syntax to .scss. SCSS is a superset of CSS, and is basically written the exact same, but with all the fun new Sass features.