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type: project
title: "psi-daisy"
id: psi-daisy-readme
updated: "2026-08-14"

psi-daisy

A modern Python DaisyUI component library for FastHTML
The goal of psi-daisy is to make developing websites in Python much easier.

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psi-daisy provides:

• A Python component API
• Full DaisyUI component coverage
• Tailwind class support
• A theming engine
• Interactive components powered by FastHTML and HTMX
• A plugin architecture
• FastHTML DaisyUI demos
• Custom theming
• Custom components

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Coming Soon:

• A psi-daisy powered documentation site
• More psi-daisy demos
• More custom components
• More custom themes
• Page Templates

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Status

psi-daisy is in active alpha development.

Install

pip install psi-daisy

Tested With

• python-fasthtml 0.14.4,
• starlette 1.3.1
• httpx 0.28.1
• matplotlib 3.11.0
• uvicorn 0.49.0

Examples

• theme_builder
• theme_selector
• component_selector
• icon_selector

From Terminal:

• theme_builder

python -m examples.theme_builder

• ditto for the other examples

From Python script:

• theme_selector

import uvicorn
import examples.theme_selector as demo
uvicorn.run(demo.app, host="0.0.0.0", port=8001)

• ditto for the other examples

From Jupyter / SolveIt notebook:

• icon_selector

from fasthtml.jupyter import JupyUvi
import examples.icon_selector as demo
server = JupyUvi(demo.app)

• ditto for the other examples

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CSS Modes

By default, psi-daisy loads DaisyUI/Tailwind from CDN-style URLs:

app = psi_app(theme="light")

To use the packaged static CSS bundle instead:

app = psi_app(theme="light", css="static")

See docs/Static_CSS_Bundle.md for details.

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Documentation

• Getting Started - docs/Getting_Started.md
• Components - docs/Components.md
• LLM Guide - docs/LLM_Guide.md
• Component Rendering Flow - docs/Component_Rendering_Flow.md
• Static CSS Bundle - docs/Static_CSS_Bundle.md

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Acknowledgements

Built in SolveIt using Codex GPT-5.5

Links

• psi-daisy docs - https://psispark.com/psi-daisy-docs
• GitHub Home - https://github.com/psispark/psi-daisy
• Github Docs - https://github.com/psispark/psi-daisy/tree/main/docs
• Github Issues & Ideas - https://github.com/psispark/psi-daisy/issues

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• PsiSpark - https://psispark.com/
• SolveIt - https://solve.it.com/
• FastHTML - https://fastht.ml/
• HTMX - https://htmx.org/
• DaisyUI - https://daisyui.com/
• Lucide - https://lucide.dev/