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Skeleton
An open source design system framework and component library, featuring tight integration of Tailwind, and available for Svelte and React. The project is now supported by Skeleton Labs and the open source community.
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Everything you need to know.
Our projects are free and open source software covered by a standard MIT license. Skeleton Labs helps contribute to and oversee the project, manage donations received through sponsorship and paid service, and handle infrastructure costs (domains, hosting, as well as other paid services).
Our open source project's development is controlled by the community and maintainers. While Skeleton Labs may share contributors and leadership, development for each project occurs in the open, including all technical decisions, pull requests, and code reviews.
Skeleton Labs may employ individual contributors to promote progress on the project and surrounding ecosystem. All code contributions by Skeleton Labs will occur in the open, via proposals, pull requests, and be available to all to evaluate and provide feedback. Contributors will be provided via GitHub, the same as community contributions, and fall within the conditions of the MIT license of the project.
Yes, namely sponsorship donations through services such as GitHub Sponsors, Ko-Fi, and Patreon. These services require an active bank account and payment gateway. Skeleton Labs serves as the business entity that fulfills these requirements. Your donations help support team members, cover the costs for advertising and contractors (ex: tutorial production), as well as help cover infrastructure costs (domains, hosting, and other services).
Yes, Skeleton Labs is drawing inspiration from several successful offerings in the space: Tailwind, which provides premium components and website templates; Vuetify, which provides an asset marketplace and partnership with a jobs board; MUI, which provides premium support; plus numerous open source projects that rely on donations and sponsorship.
Absolutely. Skeleton creator and Skeleton Labs founder Chris Simmons remains the largest contributor to the Skeleton project, and will likely retain this role for the foreseeable future. Like all public contributors, his work on these projects will occur in the open, and he will keep the project's interests as his primary guidance. In practice, he will help bridge the gap between Skeleton Labs commercial customers and each open source project.