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skeletonlabs/skeleton

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TLDR

A multi-framework UI component library built on Tailwind CSS with pre-built buttons, forms, and themes for React, Svelte, Next.js, and Astro projects.

Mindmap

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  root((Skeleton))
    Frameworks
      Svelte
      React
      Next.js
      Astro
    Features
      UI components
      Color themes
      Typography
      Online theme generator
    Built on
      Tailwind CSS
      TypeScript
    Community
      Discord support
      MIT license
      GitHub Sponsors
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Drop Skeleton's component library into a Svelte or React project to get buttons, forms, and layouts without designing from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Use the online theme generator to create a custom color palette and export it as a Tailwind configuration file.

USE CASE 3

Build a consistent UI across a team that uses different frontend frameworks by standardizing on Skeleton's component API.

USE CASE 4

Start a Next.js or Astro project with a complete design system already in place so you can focus on features from day one.

Tech stack

TypeScriptTailwind CSSSvelteReactNext.jsAstro

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min
Use freely for any purpose, including commercial projects, with no restrictions other than keeping the MIT copyright notice.

In plain English

Skeleton is a design system built on top of Tailwind CSS, a popular utility-based styling framework. A design system is a collection of pre-built visual components and style decisions, things like buttons, forms, color palettes, and typography settings, that developers can drop into their web apps instead of building everything from scratch. What makes Skeleton "adaptive" is that it supports multiple popular web frameworks rather than locking you into one. The README shows separate packages for React and Svelte, and the topics list includes Astro and Next.js as well, suggesting it works across several modern frontend environments. This means a team using Svelte and another using React can both reach for Skeleton and get a consistent look. The project ships with themes, color systems, and typography out of the box, and includes an online theme generator where you can create and preview custom color schemes without writing code. The library is open source under the MIT license, which allows free commercial use. The README is relatively brief and points mostly to the documentation site and community channels for deeper information. There is a Discord server for real-time support, a YouTube channel, and GitHub for issue tracking and discussions. Funding comes through GitHub Sponsors and Ko-Fi. The project is maintained by Chris Simmons of Endigo Design, with contributions from Skeleton Labs and the broader open source community.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Set up Skeleton in my SvelteKit project and show me how to use its Modal and Toast components.
Prompt 2
Use Skeleton's theme generator to create a dark-mode color scheme for my React app and wire it into my Tailwind config.
Prompt 3
Build a dashboard layout using Skeleton's AppShell component with a sidebar, top bar, and main content area in Svelte.
Prompt 4
Show me how to customize Skeleton's button variants so my brand's primary color is used consistently throughout the UI.
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