# geist-org/geist-ui

A design system for building modern websites and applications.

Repository: https://github.com/geist-org/geist-ui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/geist-ui
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react-components, react, geist, design-system, geist-ui, design-systems, hacktoberfest
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-06-01T16:08:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2359, "days_push": 93, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4554, forks 336 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:53.345496+00:00)

## What it is
Geist UI is a React-based design system providing a set of UI components for building modern websites and applications, built on CSS-in-JS via styled-jsx. The project has been archived and will no longer receive active updates, as its maintainer has moved toward Tailwind CSS.

## Use cases
- build a modern web app with prebuilt React components
- add a consistent design system to a React project
- style interfaces with a Vercel-inspired component library
- quickly prototype dashboards and landing pages in React
- find accessible React UI components with dark mode support

## When to choose
- you are maintaining an existing project already built on Geist UI
- you want a Vercel-like aesthetic and accept an unmaintained library
- you need a lightweight React component set with no heavy dependencies

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project and need long-term maintenance and updates
- your team uses Tailwind CSS or another modern styling approach
- you need CSS-in-JS performance improvements or React Server Components compatibility
- you require timely bug fixes, security patches, or new features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, css-framework, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react, design-system, typescript, css-in-js, styled-jsx, component-library, archived, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- geist-org/geist-ui (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.345496+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 2026-08-29T18:20:03.176682+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/geist-org/geist-ui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:53.345496+00:00, sha 07c95d03dfb9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.