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Skeleton

Skeleton is a free, open-source design system built with React, Next.js and Svelte. Skeleton is an adaptive design system powered by Tailwind CSS. It has 6,085 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 skeletonlabs/skeleton 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/skeletonlabs/skeleton.git my-ui

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Skeleton

Skeleton uses Tailwind CSS as the foundation for building adaptive design systems. Including turnkey components for your favorite web frameworks.

Built with

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Svelte
  • SvelteKit
  • Astro
  • Tailwind CSS
  • TypeScript
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FAQ

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How do I use Skeleton?

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

Can I use Skeleton for commercial projects?

Yes. Skeleton 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 Skeleton maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Aug 28, 2026. Its latest release is @skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte@5.0.1. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.