Basecoat is a component library that brings shadcn/ui-style interfaces to any web stack.
It uses semantic HTML, Tailwind CSS and vanilla JavaScript without requiring React, Radix or another framework runtime.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Semantic HTML-first components.
- Extensive component collection including accordions, alerts, buttons, cards, dialogs, menus, forms, tables, tabs, toasts and tooltips.
- Uses Tailwind CSS 4 source files and generated CSS bundles.
- Small vanilla JavaScript modules provide interactive component behaviour.
- Eight standalone visual styles: Vega, Nova, Maia, Lyra, Mira, Luma, Sera and Rhea.
- Compatible with shadcn/ui themes.
- Dark mode support.
- Install using npm, a CDN or downloadable templates.
- Nunjucks and Jinja templates.
- No React, Radix or framework runtime dependencies.
Website: github.com/hunvreus/basecoat
Support:
Developer: Ronan Berder
License: MIT License
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