elemefe/element

Element is a UI component library for Vue.js 2, created by the team behind the Chinese food delivery platform Ele.me. It provides a large collection of pre-built, styled interface components, things like buttons, forms, dropdown menus, date pickers, tables, dialogs, and navigation bars, that developers can drop into their Vue.js web applications without building these common pieces from scratch. The library works by providing Vue components that you import into your project and use directly in your HTML templates. Each component follows a consistent visual design and handles common interaction patterns like form validation, pagination, and responsive layout. You can customize the visual theme using CSS variables or by generating a custom theme through the project's online theme preview tool. Element also supports tree-shaking, meaning you can import only the specific components you need to keep your application's file size small. You would use Element if you are building a web application or admin dashboard with Vue.js 2 and want a ready-made, professionally designed component library that speeds up development. It is well-documented in English, Chinese, Spanish, and French, and has broad browser support including Internet Explorer 10 and above. One important note from the README: this library targets Vue.js version 2 only and will not receive updates for Vue 3. For Vue 3 projects, the documentation points to the community-maintained Element Plus as the recommended alternative. The tech stack is Vue.js 2 with JavaScript, and it is distributed as an npm package.