Carbon
Carbon is a free, open-source design system built with React. Website · Design · Develop · Contribute · Migrate Carbon is IBM's open-source design system for products and experiences. It has 9,585 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license.
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Get started
Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.
npx degit carbon-design-system/carbon my-ui
cd my-ui
npm install # then run the dev script from the READMEgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/carbon-design-system/carbon.git my-uiSources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.
About Carbon
Website · Design · Develop · Contribute · Migrate Carbon is IBM's open-source design system for products and experiences. This monorepo includes the React and web components libraries, Sass styles, design tokens, icons, pictograms, and tooling used to build with Carbon.
Built with
- React
- TypeScript
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How do I use Carbon?
Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit carbon-design-system/carbon my-ui (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.
Can I use Carbon for commercial projects?
Yes. Carbon is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.
Is Carbon maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 27, 2026. Its latest release is v11.119.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.