Overview

Boundless is a UI toolkit that aims to simplify and abstract difficult interface patterns. It follows three main guidelines: performance is mandatory, components should be customizable, and components should be accessible. The toolkit provides ready-to-use solutions for complex design challenges. The library is open to suggestions and strives to be concise and useful.

Features

• Performance-focused UI toolkit
• Customizable components
• Accessible design (falls back to WAI-ARIA attributes when necessary)
• Precompiled base “skin” available for customization
• Minimalistic and unopinionated design
• Modular nature of Stylus allows easy customization of accent colors
• Distributed under the MIT License

Installation

To install Boundless, follow these steps:

1. Ensure that you have a Promise polyfill installed for support with IE10+ and other modern browsers.
2. Import Boundless’s master styl file into your project’s .styl file.
3. Define any variable overrides in your project’s .styl file for customization (refer to variables.styl for available variables).
4. Build your project’s CSS, and Boundless’s CSS will be automatically compiled with the appropriate changes and included in your stylesheet.

Summary

Boundless is a performance-focused UI toolkit that provides ready-to-use solutions for complex design challenges. It emphasizes customization and accessibility, while also offering a minimalistic and unopinionated design. With its modular nature, developers can easily customize accent colors and other aspects of the toolkit. Boundless is distributed under the MIT License, making it a flexible and accessible choice for UI development.