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elemefe/mint-ui

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TLDR

A mobile UI component library for Vue 2. Provides ready-made phone-friendly buttons, lists, checkboxes, and pop-ups with optional selective imports.

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  root((mint-ui))
    Inputs
      Vue 2 project
      Component imports
    Outputs
      Mobile UI components
      Styled widgets
    Use Cases
      Mobile web app
      Touch friendly forms
      Hybrid app shell
    Tech Stack
      Vue
      JavaScript
      CSS
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Build a mobile Vue 2 web app using prebuilt list and form components

USE CASE 2

Selectively import only Cell and Checklist to keep bundle size small

USE CASE 3

Drop Mint UI into a page from a CDN without a build system

Tech stack

VueJavaScriptCSS

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Targets Vue 2 only, so not suitable for new Vue 3 projects.

MIT license. Use freely for any purpose including commercial, just keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

Mint UI is a library of pre-built UI components (ready-made interface elements like buttons, lists, checkboxes, and pop-ups) specifically designed for building mobile web applications using Vue.js, a popular JavaScript framework for creating user interfaces. The library targets Vue 2.0 and provides mobile-optimized components that are styled and behave the way users expect on phones and tablets. The README's code examples show two ways to use it: you can import the entire component library at once, or selectively import only the specific components your project needs (for example, just the Cell and Checklist components), which keeps your app's file size smaller. Mint UI is installable via npm (the standard JavaScript package manager) and can also be loaded directly from a CDN (content delivery network) URL if you prefer not to use a build system. The library is open-source under the MIT license and was created by the ElemeFE team. You would use Mint UI when building a Vue 2 mobile web application and you want a ready-made set of mobile-friendly UI components so you do not need to design and build each interface element from scratch. It is aimed at developers who need a fast path to a polished mobile UI within a Vue project.

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Prompt 1
Set up a Vue 2 project with Mint UI and selectively import only the Button and Toast components
Prompt 2
Build a mobile login form using Mint UI Field, Button, and Toast for error messages
Prompt 3
Show me how to theme Mint UI to match a custom brand color
Prompt 4
Compare Mint UI to Vant for a new Vue 2 mobile project and recommend which to pick
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