LightningUiKit

UI components for fast prototyping in Rails applications.

Preview is available at ui.k0va1.dev

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "propshaft"
gem "lightning_ui_kit"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Add the following lines to your application.html.erb file:

<%= stylesheet_link_tag "lightning_ui_kit" %>
<%= javascript_include_tag "lightning_ui_kit" %>

Usage

Use the lui helper to render components:

<%= lui.button { "Click me" } %>
<%= lui.button(style: :outline) { "Cancel" } %>
<%= lui.button(style: :destructive, size: :small) { "Delete" } %>

Form Components

<%= lui.input(name: :email, type: :email, label: "Email") %>
<%= lui.textarea(name: :bio, label: "Biography", rows: 4) %>
<%= lui.select(name: :country, label: "Country", options: [["US", "us"], ["UK", "uk"]]) %>
<%= lui.checkbox(name: :terms, label: "Accept terms") %>
<%= lui.switch(name: :notifications, label: "Enable notifications") %>

With Rails Form Builder

<%= form_with model: @user do |form| %>
  <%= lui.input(name: :email, type: :email, label: "Email", form: form) %>
  <%= lui.textarea(name: :bio, label: "Biography", form: form) %>
  <%= lui.button(type: :submit) { "Save" } %>
<% end %>

Components with Slots

<%= lui.modal(id: "confirm", title: "Confirm Action") do |modal| %>
  <% modal.with_body do %>
    <p>Are you sure you want to proceed?</p>
  <% end %>
  <% modal.with_action do %>
    <%= lui.button(style: :outline) { "Cancel" } %>
  <% end %>
  <% modal.with_action do %>
    <%= lui.button { "Confirm" } %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>

<%= lui.table(data: @users) do |table| %>
  <% table.with_column("Name") { |user| user.name } %>
  <% table.with_column("Email") { |user| user.email } %>
  <% table.with_action { |user| link_to "Edit", edit_user_path(user) } %>
<% end %>

Available Components

Form: button, input, textarea, select, checkbox, switch, radio_group, combobox, file_input, dropzone

Display: text, badge, avatar, alert, banner, toast, skeleton, spinner

Structure: card, tabs, accordion, table, pagination, description_list, dropdown, modal, tooltip, layout (frosted glass sidebar with backdrop blur), sidebar, sidebar_section, sidebar_link, link

Alternative Syntax

You can also use the standard ViewComponent render syntax:

<%= render LightningUiKit::ButtonComponent.new { "Click me" } %>

Theming

LightningUiKit supports theming via CSS custom properties. All components use semantic design tokens instead of hardcoded colors.

Built-in Themes

Light (default) — applied automatically
Dark — add class="lui-theme-dark" to a container element

<body class="lui-theme-dark">
  <%= lui.button { "Dark themed" } %>
</body>

Custom Themes

Override --lui-theme-* CSS variables to create your own theme:

.my-brand-theme {
  --lui-theme-surface: oklch(0.98 0.01 250);
  --lui-theme-foreground: oklch(0.2 0.02 250);
  --lui-theme-interactive: oklch(0.6 0.2 250);
  /* See themes.css for all available tokens */
}

Full token definitions are in app/assets/stylesheets/lightning_ui_kit/themes.css.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

lightning_ui_kit

Development

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