Why? Well, I got sick of React and moved over to a more "old school" stack (Python, HTMX, Alpine.js and Tailwind).
The one thing I missed was shadcn/ui [1]. Nice defaults, well thought out design system, easy to theme and great to build your own component library with.
I didn't find the alternatives compelling: Flowbite, Preline and the likes encourage you to copy/paste dozens of classes for each element.
That's not how I use Tailwind. I love the utility-first approach, but I don't want walls of classes for each button, form element or tooltip I have in my app.
I had been building my own component library for a project I’m working on (a Vercel for Python apps) and realized it may be worth my time to firm things up.
Why I think it's cool? Well:
- No React. Just Tailwind CSS (with a tiny bit of Alpine.js if you choose to). You can use that with whatever stack you want.
- Jinja and Nunjucks macros. I hope to support more template engines.
- 100% compatible with shadcn/ui themes (you can play with the theme select box on the site).
- Super easy to install and use (there's even a CLI).
- Accessible, with ARIA support.
- Did I mention no React?
Hope some of you find it useful.
[2]: https://v4.shadcn.com/ (this is actually the new/upcoming version of shadcn/ui).
drivingmenuts•6mo ago
A sampling of error messages:
- Failed to load resource: Load cannot follow more than 20 redirections
- Cross-origin script load denied by Cross-Origin Resource Sharing policy.
- TypeError: window.basecoat.registerDialog is not a function. (In 'window.basecoat.registerDialog(Alpine)', 'window.basecoat.registerDialog' is undefined)
- Alpine Expression Error: Can't find variable: sidebar
and so on and so forth. It just goes downhill from there.
hunvreus•6mo ago
Which page did you get that on? The front page?
drivingmenuts•6mo ago
hunvreus•6mo ago
Thanks for checking it out.