lotusui

Installation

Add lotusui to a Go module and check the Gio prerequisites.

Quickstart

A themed window with a button, in one file.

Registry

Own the code when you need to: vendor any component, keep updating it with real merges.

Platforms

Desktop, mobile and web are compile targets, not ports.

Changelog

Every release, every API change — written so an agent can migrate from it alone.

Theming

Paired role tokens, color scales, schemes — resolved once at NewTheme.

Dark mode

Not a mode — a palette. Build both themes at startup, swap a pointer.

Typography

A fixed label scale in DM Sans — hierarchy from size and color, not bold shouting.

Layout

The readable page column, scrolling, and virtualized lists.

Icons

Fluent SVGs, embedded in the binary — builds never need the network.

Seamless window

Native edge-to-edge macOS chrome: no title bar, traffic lights kept, zero flash.

Design principles

The rules that make an app built on lotusui read as one product.

Performance

Measured, benchmarked, and pinned by tests — not promised.

Accordion

Stacked disclosures: one panel at a time, animated on the shared clock.

Alert

The static callout: icon, title, description — it informs, never acts.

AlertDialog

The interruption that requires a decision — no backdrop dismissal.

Avatar

The circular identity mark: initials, a fallback glyph, any scale's tint.

Badge

Small rounded labels: four variants × seven sizes × any color.

Breadcrumb

The path to the current page: muted ancestors, chevrons, current in ink.

Button

Six variants × seven sizes × any color, options-driven.

ButtonGroup

Attached controls: one shared border, square inner corners.

Card

The grouping surface: three variants, size-scaled padding, everything else composed.

Checkbox

A themed box, a check, a label — plus indeterminate, invalid and sizes.

Dialog

The one overlay primitive: dimmed scrim, width-capped card, caller-owned visibility.

DropdownMenu

Labels, items, separators, checkboxes, radio groups — the full menu grammar.

Field

Label, helper, error and required — around any control.

Grid

The 2D layout primitive: equal tracks, items spanning columns and rows.

HoverCard

Sighted preview of what's behind a link — a floating card on hover.

Input

The single-line input: three variants, seven sizes, composable everything else.

InputOTP

The one-time-code input: attached character slots, one hidden editor.

ListView

The virtualized list: 10,000 rows cost a screenful per frame.

Pagination

Previous, next, numbered pages — long ranges elide around the current one.

Popover

Arbitrary content on the floating layer, anchored to a trigger.

Progress

A determinate bar in the brand solid; negative value sweeps indeterminate.

RadioGroup

The exclusive choice: labeled circles, exactly one selected.

Select

Trigger + chevron, a floating panel of options, check-marked selection.

Separator

The semantic divider: a 1dp hairline, horizontal or vertical.

SimpleGrid

Responsive equal cells: give a minimum child width, get the right column count.

Skeleton

The loading placeholder: rounded blocks and circles pulsing on the shared clock.

Slider

The draggable value: track, brand fill, a ringed thumb.

Spinner

The standalone loading arc — Button's spinner, mountable anywhere.

Split

The carousel of panes — content is revealed and hidden, never reflowed.

Stack

VStack and HStack: children size themselves, the gap is the whole job.

Switch

The toggle: sliding thumb, accent when on, animated on the shared clock.

Table

Bounded tabular data: muted header, hairline rows, widget cells.

Tabs

Three variants and an explicit Update contract.

Textarea

The multi-line Input: same chrome, wrapping editor, minimum rows.

Toast

Transient notifications: bottom-right stack, auto-dismissing.

Toggle

The pressed-state button, and groups with single or multiple selection.

Tooltip

The hover label: inverted chrome, a rest delay, pass-through events.