Charcoal
Charcoal is a free, open-source design system built with React and Tailwind CSS. Design system library by pixiv. It has 376 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license. A live demo is linked from this page. Start a project with npx degit pixiv/charcoal or clone the repository.
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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 pixiv/charcoal my-ui
cd my-ui
npm install # then run the dev script from the READMEgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pixiv/charcoal.git my-uiSources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.
About Charcoal
This is the monorepo for the @charcoal-ui packages by pixiv. See our documentation, or README of each package in /packages.
Built with
- React
- Tailwind CSS
- TypeScript
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How do I use Charcoal?
Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit pixiv/charcoal my-ui (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.
Can I use Charcoal for commercial projects?
Yes. Charcoal 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 Charcoal maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 22, 2026. Its latest release is v6.3.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.