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Oruga

Oruga is a free, open-source UI component library built with Vue, Nuxt and Tailwind CSS. Oruga is a lightweight Vue.js UI component library without any CSS dependency. It has 1,161 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.

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Get started

Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.

Copy with degit
npx degit oruga-ui/oruga my-ui
cd my-ui
npm install   # then run the dev script from the README
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oruga-ui/oruga.git my-ui

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Oruga

Oruga UI is like a caterpillar, minimal and yet functional. It's in your hands turning it into a butterfly Oruga is a lightweight UI components library for Vue.js without any dependency. It offers a set of easily customisable components and doesn't depend on any specific style or CSS framework (like Bootstrap, Bulma, TailwindCSS, etc...). Therefore, it doesn't provide a grid system or CSS utilities, but you can integrate any CSS framework you like.

Built with

  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • Tailwind CSS
  • TypeScript
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FAQ

Oruga FAQ

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What is Oruga?

Oruga is a free, open-source UI component library built with Vue, Nuxt and Tailwind CSS. Oruga is a lightweight Vue.js UI component library without any CSS dependency. It has 1,161 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.

How do I use Oruga?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit oruga-ui/oruga my-ui (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.

Can I use Oruga for commercial projects?

Yes. Oruga is released under the MIT 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 Oruga maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 21, 2026. Its latest release is v0.14.4. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.