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View Components

View Components is a free, open-source design system. ViewComponents for the Primer Design System. It has 583 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page. Start a project with npx degit primer/view_components 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.

Copy with degit
npx degit primer/view_components my-ui
cd my-ui
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/primer/view_components.git my-ui

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About View Components

ViewComponents for the Primer Design System. Note: This library is under active pre-1.0 development. Breaking changes are likely in patch releases.

Built with

  • TypeScript
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FAQ

View Components FAQ

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What is View Components?

View Components is a free, open-source design system. ViewComponents for the Primer Design System. It has 583 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page. Start a project with npx degit primer/view_components or clone the repository.

How do I use View Components?

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

Can I use View Components for commercial projects?

Yes. View Components 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 View Components maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. Its latest release is v0.53.5. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.