primer

    primer/react

    An implementation of GitHub's Primer Design System using React

    frontend
    component-library
    design-system
    primer
    react
    TypeScript
    MIT
    3.9K stars
    716 forks
    3.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 31, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 9 days ago, with 228 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 14% more stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements GitHub's Primer Design System as a React component library in TypeScript.
    • Provides a consistent, accessible, and well-documented design system tailored for React applications.
    • Use for building user interfaces that align with GitHub's design language and branding.
    • Use for rapidly prototyping React apps with ready-to-use, themeable UI components.
    • Use for contributing or extending a collaborative open-source design system within React projects.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    A React implementation of GitHub's Primer Design System

    Our documentation site lives at primer.style/react. You'll be able to find detailed documentation on getting started, all of the components, our theme, our principles, and more.

    Excerpt from the primer/react README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    716+42

    Open issues

    109+22

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