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Build consistent Frappe-style user interfaces using the frappe-ui Vue 3 component library and its design tokens. Use when scaffolding pages, forms, dialogs, lists, or any UI inside a Frappe-based app, when the user mentions frappe-ui, Frappe Cloud / Gameplan / Desk / Drive / Insights styling, or asks to "use frappe-ui components".

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frappe-ui

Build UIs that look and feel like Frappe products by composing frappe-ui components and styling with the library's semantic Tailwind tokens. Never hand-roll buttons, inputs, dialogs, dropdowns, etc. — pick the right component first.

Quick start

<script setup>
import { Button, Dialog, TextInput, FormControl } from 'frappe-ui'
import { ref } from 'vue'

const open = ref(false)
const name = ref('')
</script>

<template>
  <div class="p-4 bg-surface-base text-ink-gray-9">
    <Button variant="solid" theme="gray" @click="open = true">New Task</Button>
    <Dialog v-model:open="open" title="Create Task">
      <FormControl v-model="name" label="Title" required />
    </Dialog>
  </div>
</template>

Rules

Each rule states what to do and what to avoid — one canonical place, no separate anti-pattern list.

  1. Pick the component, don't build one. Consult COMPONENTS.md; only fall back to raw HTML for layout (grids, flex). Never hand-roll <button class="bg-blue-500 …">.
  2. Use the modern families. App frame → DesktopShell/MobileShell; lists → frappe-ui/list (List/ListRow/…); rich text → Editor from frappe-ui/editor; scroll regions → ScrollArea. ListView, ItemListRow, TextEditor, and Autocomplete are legacy — never in new code.
  3. Semantic tokens, not raw colors. bg-surface-*, text-ink-*, border-outline-* — never bg-gray-100, text-gray-900, border-gray-300. See TOKENS.md.
  4. Color = variant + theme. variant (solid | outline | subtle | ghost) + theme (gray | blue | green | red | orange). Never invent intent / kind / severity / appearance.
  5. Two-way state via v-model. Inputs v-model; overlays v-model:open; comboboxes v-model + v-model:query. Never :value + @change, never bare v-model on <Dialog>. Writes: immediate: false + submit(params).
  6. Use the input labeling contract. Every control accepts label, description, error, required — use them, not placeholder-as-label or a separate <label>.
  7. Slot vocabulary is fixed. #prefix, #suffix, #trigger, #empty, #header, #footer, #default; per-item #item-prefix / #item-suffix. No #icon-left / #avatar-right.
  8. Icons are CSS classes. <span class="lucide-<name> size-4" aria-hidden="true" />; for icon props pass the string "lucide-edit". Never import per-icon Vue components. See COMPONENTS.md → Icons.
  9. Imperative for one-shot UI. dialog.confirm / alert / prompt, toast.success / error / info — don't hand-mount <Dialog> to ask "are you sure?".
  10. API calls go through useCall (or useList / useDoc). Never fetch / axios; don't reach for the legacy createResource family in new code. See COMPONENTS.md → Data & resources.
  11. Style components via data-slot / data-state, not class injection. No triggerClass / contentClass props — they don't exist by design. See TOKENS.md → Custom CSS hooks.
  12. Bootstrapping from scratch? Follow SETUP.md exactly — version pins (Tailwind v3, Vite 5), exports subpaths, optimizeDeps.exclude: ['frappe-ui'], app.use(FrappeUI), and vue-router are all required and easy to miss.

Reference files

  • SETUP.md — scaffolding a fresh Vite + Vue 3 + frappe-ui project: version pinning, vite.config.js, Tailwind, PostCSS, CSS entry, plugin vs provider. Read this first when bootstrapping from scratch.
  • COMPONENTS.md — component catalog: when to reach for each one, key props, common pitfalls.
  • TOKENS.md — semantic color tokens (ink-*, surface-*, outline-*), typography, spacing, radii.
  • DESIGN.md — the app design language: shell anatomy, screen archetypes, hierarchy by role, color rules, geometry, desktop→mobile, and common patterns (forms, confirmations, empty/loading states). Read when designing a whole app or screen.

Authoritative upstream docs

When the bundled refs don't answer a specific API question, fetch the official LLM-friendly index:

  • https://ui.frappe.io/llms.txt — curated index of every component doc, design-system tokens page, and data-fetching guide. Always current with the published library; follow the links inside for full details on a specific component.

Prefer the upstream llms.txt over guessing — it lists every component's docs page and the canonical design-system / data-fetching pages. Source lives in the frappe/frappe-ui GitHub repo (src/components/<Name>/, plus PHILOSOPHY.md and CONTEXT.md at the repo root).