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TLDR

A SwiftUI design system with 30+ ready made components and token based theming, so changing one setting updates your whole app's look.

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    What It Does
      Token based theming
      30+ components
      Light and dark presets
      Custom style system
    Tech Stack
      Swift
      SwiftUI
      SPM
    Use Cases
      App UI consistency
      Rapid prototyping
      Custom theming
    Audience
      iOS developers
      SwiftUI developers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add a consistent set of buttons, inputs, cards, and modals to a new SwiftUI app without building them from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Switch an app's entire visual theme by changing one central theme object.

USE CASE 3

Use one of five built in light and dark presets to quickly style an app.

USE CASE 4

Write a custom component style using the same pattern SwiftUI uses for its own button styles.

What is it built with?

SwiftSwiftUISwift Package Manager

How does it compare?

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Stars111111
LanguageSwiftSwiftSwift
Last pushed2018-03-24
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultyeasymoderatehard
Complexity2/53/53/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Add via Swift Package Manager, requires iOS 18+, macOS 15+, or visionOS 2+ and Swift 6.

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

DesignFoundation is a SwiftUI design system with more than 30 ready made components, built by a developer who kept rebuilding the same buttons, inputs, cards, and modals at the start of every new project. Instead of doing that again, this package gives you a shared set of components that all pull their appearance from one central theme. The core idea is token based theming. You define values for colors, typography, spacing, corner radius, shadows, and animation timing in a single theme object, set it once near the root of your app, and every component below automatically reflects it. Change one token and everything using it updates together, so there is no manual rewiring needed component by component. Five ready made presets ship in the package, each pairing a light and dark version and switching automatically with the system's color scheme, covering styles from a neutral default to a bold saturated red aimed at retail or sports apps. The component list covers the basics you would expect in an app, including buttons, text fields, toggles, sliders, pickers, cards, modals, sheets, tooltips, tab bars, navigation bars, alerts, toast messages, skeleton loading placeholders, progress bars, and tables. Each one supports a small set of built in visual styles, and some also offer a glass style for newer versions of iOS and macOS that support that visual effect. Every component follows the same styling pattern SwiftUI itself uses for its native button styles, so writing a custom style for any component means implementing a single function. Installation happens through Swift Package Manager, either inside Xcode or by adding a line to a Package.swift file. The library targets Swift 6 with strict concurrency safety, and works on iOS 18 and newer, macOS 15 and newer, and visionOS 2 and newer. The project is licensed under the MIT License, so it can be used freely, including in commercial apps, as long as the copyright notice is kept.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Help me add DesignFoundation to my SwiftUI project using Swift Package Manager.
Prompt 2
Show me how to apply one of DesignFoundation's preset themes, like aurora or copper, to my app.
Prompt 3
Help me build a custom DFTheme with my own brand colors and spacing values.
Prompt 4
Explain how to write a custom button style for DesignFoundation's DFButton component.

Frequently asked questions

What is design-foundation?

A SwiftUI design system with 30+ ready made components and token based theming, so changing one setting updates your whole app's look.

What language is design-foundation written in?

Mainly Swift. The stack also includes Swift, SwiftUI, Swift Package Manager.

What license does design-foundation use?

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is design-foundation to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is design-foundation for?

Mainly developer.

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