django-cotton-ui 0.2.1

UI component library for Django Cotton

Django Cotton UI

An optional kit of accessible, themeable UI components for Django Cotton, built with Tailwind CSS v4 and Alpine.js.

📖 Documentation: django-cotton.com/ui

The docs cover installation, theming and every component with live examples.

Install

pip install django-cotton-ui

Add it to INSTALLED_APPS after django_cotton:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    "django_cotton",
    "django_cotton_ui",
]

Then <link> the kit's precompiled stylesheet and load the Alpine bundle in your base template, no build step is required to use the components, and you re-theme by overriding the CSS-variable tokens in any stylesheet. A Tailwind v4 build is only needed if your own pages use Tailwind utility classes (the usual reason any project runs Tailwind); the kit itself never needs one. If you do run a build, set @custom-variant dark (&:where(.dark, .dark *)) so its dark mode matches the kit's (class-based). See the installation guide for the full setup.

Usage

Components use the c-ui. prefix:

<c-ui.button variant="primary">Save</c-ui.button>
<c-ui.input name="email" label="Email" placeholder="[e-mail]" />

<c-ui.card>
    <h3 class="font-semibold">Title</h3>
    <p>Content goes here.</p>
</c-ui.card>

Browse the full set with live examples in the component docs.

Requirements

• Python ≥ 3.8 · Django ≥ 4.2 · django-cotton ≥ 2.5
• A precompiled stylesheet ships with the package: just <link> it, no build step needed to use the components, and theming is done by overriding the CSS-variable tokens in any stylesheet. Tailwind CSS v4 is optional, only if your own pages use Tailwind utility classes.
• Alpine.js v3

Roadmap

• CDN — a CDN-hosted stylesheet + bundle for quick prototyping and zero-setup trials.

License

MIT