diff --git a/.stylelintignore b/.stylelintignore
index f8f6930c..773e6dbd 100644
--- a/.stylelintignore
+++ b/.stylelintignore
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ assets/scss/components/_syntax-dark.scss
 assets/scss/components/_syntax-light.scss
 assets/scss/vendor
 assets/scss/theme/fonts.scss
+assets/scss/app-dart.scss
 assets/scss/app.scss
 node_modules
diff --git a/assets/scss/app-dart.scss b/assets/scss/app-dart.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c707105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/scss/app-dart.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+@use "sass:meta";
+
+// Define template variables
+@use "hugo:vars" as h; // note: modified for dart-sass
+
+// Include default variable overrides
+@import "common/variables-dart.scss"; // note: modified for dart-sass
+@import "common/icons.scss";
+
+// Import Bootstrap configuration (mounted by core Bootstrap module)
+@import "bootstrap-dart.scss"; // note: modified for dart-sass
+
+// Include dark mode overrides
+@import "common/variables-dark.scss";
+
+// Import Hinode theme styles
+@import "components/alert.scss";
+@import "components/blockquote.scss";
+@import "components/breadcrumb.scss";
+@import "components/buttons.scss";
+@import "components/card.scss";
+@import "components/carousel.scss";
+@import "components/clipboard.scss";
+@import "components/command.scss";
+@import "components/comments.scss";
+@import "components/feature.scss";
+@import "components/footer.scss";
+@import "components/navbar.scss";
+@import "components/img.scss";
+@import "components/pagination.scss";
+@import "components/persona.scss";
+@import "components/popover.scss";
+@import "components/sidebar.scss";
+@import "components/syntax-dart.scss"; // note: modified for dart-sass
+@import "components/table.scss";
+@import "components/timeline.scss";
+@import "components/toc.scss";
+@import "components/vimeo.scss";
+@import "common/animation.scss";
+@import "common/styles.scss";
+@import "layouts/reboot.scss";
+@import "layouts/type.scss";
+@import "common/export.scss";
+@import "helpers/colored-links.scss";
+@import "helpers/display.scss";
+
+// note: modified for dart-sass
+@if h.$import-fonts {
+    @include meta.load-css(theme/fonts);
+}
+
+// Import theme placeholder
+@import "theme/theme.scss";
+
+// Import Bootstrap utilities API  (mounted by core Bootstrap module)
+@import "modules/bootstrap/utilities/api";
diff --git a/assets/scss/common/_variables-dart.scss b/assets/scss/common/_variables-dart.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54f7e1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/scss/common/_variables-dart.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Bootstrap variables overrides for theme
+$enable-negative-margins:       true;
+$enable-important-utilities:    true !default;
+
+// Remove the border from the focused navigation toggler
+$navbar-toggler-focus-width:    0 !default;
+
+$font-family-sans-serif:        h.$theme-font, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji" !default;
+$headings-font-weight:          600 !default;
+$font-weight-lighter:           lighter !default;
+$font-weight-light:             200 !default;
+$font-weight-normal:            300 !default;
+$font-weight-bold:              600 !default;
+$font-weight-bolder:            bolder !default;
+
+strong {
+    font-weight:                600 if($enable-important-utilities, !important, null);
+}
+
+$navbar-offset:                 h.$navbar-offset;
+$primary:                       h.$primary;
+$secondary:                     h.$secondary;
+$success:                       h.$success;
+$info:                          h.$info;
+$warning:                       h.$warning;
+$danger:                        h.$danger;
+$light:                         h.$light;
+$dark:                          h.$dark;
+
+$black:                       #000 !default;
+$btn-toggle-color:              $black !default;
+
+$carousel-dark-indicator-active-bg:  #fff !default;
+$carousel-dark-caption-color:        #fff !default;
+$carousel-dark-control-icon-filter:  invert(0) grayscale(100) !default;
+
+$primary-text-emphasis-dark:        mix(white, h.$primary, h.$dark-mode-tint) !default;
+$secondary-text-emphasis-dark:      mix(white, h.$secondary, h.$dark-mode-tint) !default;
+$link-color-dark:                   mix(white, h.$primary, h.$dark-mode-tint) !default;
+$primary-bg-subtle-dark:            mix(black, h.$primary, h.$dark-mode-shade) !default;
+$primary-border-subtle-dark:        mix(black, h.$primary, calc(h.$dark-mode-shade / 2)) !default;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/scss/common/_variables.scss b/assets/scss/common/_variables.scss
index 43b5e8fd..23a102b4 100644
--- a/assets/scss/common/_variables.scss
+++ b/assets/scss/common/_variables.scss
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ strong {
 $black:                       #000 !default;
 $btn-toggle-color:              $black !default;
 
-$carousel-dark-indicator-active-bg:  #ffffff !default;
-$carousel-dark-caption-color:        #ffffff !default;
+$carousel-dark-indicator-active-bg:  #fff !default;
+$carousel-dark-caption-color:        #fff !default;
 $carousel-dark-control-icon-filter:  invert(0) grayscale(100) !default;
 
 // scss-docs-start color-mode
diff --git a/assets/scss/components/_syntax-dart.scss b/assets/scss/components/_syntax-dart.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14f55f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/scss/components/_syntax-dart.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// stylelint-disable annotation-no-unknown
+@import "syntax-light";
+
+.bg,
+.chroma,
+.chroma .err {
+    // set to transparent background to avoid rendering issues with example shortcode
+    background-color: transparent if($enable-important-utilities, !important, null);
+}
+
+.chroma {
+    display: flex;
+}
+
+.chroma code {
+    flex: 1;
+}
+
+.syntax-highlight {
+    background-color: var(--bs-light) if($enable-important-utilities, !important, null);
+    overflow-x: auto;
+}
+
+@if $enable-dark-mode {
+    [data-bs-theme="dark"] {
+        @include meta.load-css(syntax-dark);
+
+        .bg,
+        .chroma,
+        .chroma .err {
+            // set to transparent background to avoid rendering issues with example shortcode
+            background-color: transparent if($enable-important-utilities, !important, null);
+        }
+
+        .syntax-highlight {
+            background-color: var(--bs-tertiary-bg) if($enable-important-utilities, !important, null);
+            overflow-x: auto;
+        }
+
+        .bg,
+        .chroma,
+        .chroma .ge,
+        .chroma .gl,
+        .chroma .gs {
+            color: #c9d1d9 if($enable-important-utilities, !important, null);
+        }
+    }
+}
+// stylelint-enable annotation-no-unknown
diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index 8255cfa6..d6a01589 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     [main.externalLinks]
         cue = false
         tab = false
+    [main.build]
+        transpiler = "libsass"
 # toml-docs-end main
 
 # toml-docs-start modules
diff --git a/exampleSite/config/_default/hugo.toml b/exampleSite/config/_default/hugo.toml
index 608bab58..bd08fb31 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config/_default/hugo.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config/_default/hugo.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ paginate = 9
 enableGitInfo = true
 
 # additional settings
-googleAnalytics = "G-T85PPZ36GN"
-baseURL = "https://demo.gethinode.com/"
+# googleAnalytics = "G-T85PPZ36GN"
+baseURL = "https://dart.gethinode.com/"
 canonifyURLs = false
 enableEmoji = true
 enableRobotsTXT = true
diff --git a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
index 7ad0fb00..7f5cf9b3 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     [main.externalLinks]
         cue = true
         tab = true
+    [main.build]
+        transpiler = "dartsass"
 
 [modules]
     core = ["bootstrap", "flexsearch", "fontawesome"]
diff --git a/exampleSite/go.sum b/exampleSite/go.sum
index f17740e3..1338136c 100644
--- a/exampleSite/go.sum
+++ b/exampleSite/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.1.1 h1:Tx4M5hGVOFrEaxnUONDAm6N9xuRi5UphKlT7F26HujU=
 github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.1.1/go.mod h1:DcpPc2cNaXUPGEvhD7npuEEPA7573NvakTlrwFbyjr8=
+github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.2.0 h1:JkTcImU3qpi25WgKvUxUYiMoiXtrxrG+Wf/utRB5UbU=
+github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.2.0/go.mod h1:DcpPc2cNaXUPGEvhD7npuEEPA7573NvakTlrwFbyjr8=
+github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.2.1 h1:z54dgsbhShhlri+X77Z+yLrg0wz/f8C8ojA/wnlhsJc=
+github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.2.1/go.mod h1:DcpPc2cNaXUPGEvhD7npuEEPA7573NvakTlrwFbyjr8=
 github.com/gethinode/mod-flexsearch v1.2.0 h1:SSMpWzK9SMbi9QRYfil9PJZLLWWLHWzlTc69UxtSWAA=
 github.com/gethinode/mod-flexsearch v1.2.0/go.mod h1:TXbGbWsvmhBdsTzRt887mcpFfr4ORpzG3+h/l4W3YM4=
 github.com/gethinode/mod-flexsearch v1.3.0 h1:RbfEDw219Y1rOVp9lHmy5ePdF9lyPalDu2J5oVeejrU=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9aad3ee8..ea1bec83 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/gethinode/hinode
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gethinode/mod-flexsearch v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gethinode/mod-fontawesome v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gethinode/mod-katex v1.0.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c79c470a..12064fef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.1.0 h1:BbalsW8kmFhv+J+dcc41TGcjIlM/p69AB0h
 github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:DcpPc2cNaXUPGEvhD7npuEEPA7573NvakTlrwFbyjr8=
 github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.1.1 h1:Tx4M5hGVOFrEaxnUONDAm6N9xuRi5UphKlT7F26HujU=
 github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.1.1/go.mod h1:DcpPc2cNaXUPGEvhD7npuEEPA7573NvakTlrwFbyjr8=
+github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.2.0 h1:JkTcImU3qpi25WgKvUxUYiMoiXtrxrG+Wf/utRB5UbU=
+github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.2.0/go.mod h1:DcpPc2cNaXUPGEvhD7npuEEPA7573NvakTlrwFbyjr8=
+github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.2.1 h1:z54dgsbhShhlri+X77Z+yLrg0wz/f8C8ojA/wnlhsJc=
+github.com/gethinode/mod-bootstrap v1.2.1/go.mod h1:DcpPc2cNaXUPGEvhD7npuEEPA7573NvakTlrwFbyjr8=
 github.com/gethinode/mod-flexsearch v1.0.1 h1:FJkRsUzSnQTXl3MWCigT4E6vfff870UWTnkGqaDGIhA=
 github.com/gethinode/mod-flexsearch v1.0.1/go.mod h1:TXbGbWsvmhBdsTzRt887mcpFfr4ORpzG3+h/l4W3YM4=
 github.com/gethinode/mod-flexsearch v1.1.0 h1:7BCMyQDlYlskNXuazt8Jg/jg9WREexu2xVkYqThkAX4=
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head/head.html b/layouts/partials/head/head.html
index 69aac5e6..2fe5eac7 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head/head.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
     {{ hugo.Generator}}
-    {{ partial "head/stylesheet.html" -}}
+    {{ partialCached "head/stylesheet-core.html" . -}}
     {{- $modules := site.Params.modules.optional | intersect .Page.Params.modules -}}
     {{- range $index, $mod := $modules -}}
         {{- $source := printf "scss/%s.scss" $mod -}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head/stylesheet-core.html b/layouts/partials/head/stylesheet-core.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f55f0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/head/stylesheet-core.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{{/* Wrapper for the stylesheet partial with default arguments. */}}
+{{/* Added to avoid interference with the argument of partialCached. */}}
+{{ partial "head/stylesheet.html" -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head/stylesheet.html b/layouts/partials/head/stylesheet.html
index dd8bfe25..ee9f3530 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head/stylesheet.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head/stylesheet.html
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
+{{- $transpiler := site.Params.main.build.transpiler | default "libsass" -}}
+{{- $supportedTranspilers := slice "libsass" "dartsass" -}}
+{{- if not (in $supportedTranspilers $transpiler) -}}
+    {{- errorf "partial [head/stylesheet.html] - Invalid value for param 'transpiler': %s" $transpiler -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{- $absoluteURL := site.Params.main.canonifyAssetsURLs | default false -}}
-{{- $source := .source | default "scss/app.scss" -}}
+{{- $source := .source }}
+{{- if not $source -}}
+    {{- if eq $transpiler "dartsass" }}{{ $source = "scss/app-dart.scss" }}{{ else }}{{ $source = "scss/app.scss" }}{{ end -}}
+{{- end -}}
 {{- $target := .target | default "css/main.css" -}}
 {{- $page := .page -}}
 {{- $core := .core | default true -}}
@@ -36,7 +45,7 @@
     "dark-mode-tint"          (default "0%" site.Params.style.darkModeTint)
 -}}
 
-{{- $options := (dict "transpiler" "libsass" "targetPath" $target "enableSourceMap" (not hugo.IsProduction) "vars" $vars) -}}
+{{- $options := (dict "transpiler" $transpiler "targetPath" $target "enableSourceMap" (not hugo.IsProduction) "vars" $vars) -}}
 {{- $bundle := partial "utilities/bundle" (dict "match" $source "filename" (printf "scss/bundle-%d.scss" now.UnixNano) "modules" $modules "basepath" "scss" "debugging" site.Params.debugging.showSCSS) -}}
 
 {{- $css := $bundle | resources.ExecuteAsTemplate $target . | toCSS $options -}}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 51250ecf..30e7c04e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@gethinode/hinode",
-  "version": "0.19.0",
+  "version": "0.20.0-alpha",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@gethinode/hinode",
-      "version": "0.19.0",
+      "version": "0.20.0-alpha",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@fullhuman/postcss-purgecss": "^5.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa6dc5d9..6e65d2d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@gethinode/hinode",
-  "version": "0.19.0",
+  "version": "0.20.0-alpha",
   "description": "Hinode is a clean documentation and blog theme for Hugo, an open-source static site generator",
   "keywords": [
     "hugo",