# seek-oss/braid-design-system

Themeable design system for the SEEK Group

Repository: https://github.com/seek-oss/braid-design-system
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/braid-design-system
Homepage: https://seek-oss.github.io/braid-design-system
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: design-system, style-guide, react, babel, webpack, css-modules, front-end, owner-experience-platforms
Last push: 2026-08-26T07:24:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2894, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 6.0, "n_releases_24m": 61}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1571, forks 100 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:05.418788+00:00)

## What it is
Braid is a themeable React component design system built for the SEEK Group, using CSS variables via vanilla-extract for cross-brand theming. It provides accessible, composable UI components with a Playroom environment for designers and developers to iterate together.

## Use cases
- build React UIs with a themeable design system
- support multiple brands from one component library
- create accessible web interfaces with prebuilt components
- let designers prototype with real components in Playroom
- customize link rendering with React Router in a design system
- style apps with CSS variable-based themes

## When to choose
- you're building a SEEK or sku-based React project
- you need multi-brand theming with CSS variables
- you want accessible, composable React components out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need a framework-agnostic (non-React) component library
- your build setup can't be configured to support Braid's bundler requirements
- you want a fully custom visual design unrelated to SEEK's themes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, css-framework, frontend-framework, theme
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: design-system, react-components, theming, css-modules, vanilla-extract, accessibility, seek, design-systems, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- seek-oss/braid-design-system (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.418788+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:58:26.655024+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/seek-oss/braid-design-system (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:05.418788+00:00, sha 541f848979c4)
  - homepage: https://seek-oss.github.io/braid-design-system (fetched 2026-08-29T11:28:09.167750+00:00, sha 79120dec6fff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.