Build bulletproof UI components faster
Storybook is a development environment for UI components. It allows you to browse a component library, view the different states of each component, and interactively develop and test components.
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Intro
Storybook runs outside of your app. This allows you to develop UI components in isolation, which can improve component reuse, testability, and development speed. You can build quickly without having to worry about application-specific dependencies.
Here are some featured examples that you can reference to see how Storybook works: https://storybook.js.org/docs/examples/
Storybook comes with a lot of addons for component design, documentation, testing, interactivity, and so on. Storybook's API makes it possible to configure and extend in various ways. It has even been extended to support React Native development for mobile.
Table of contents
- 🚀 Getting Started
- 📒 Projects
- 🏅 Badges & Presentation materials
- 👥 Community
- 👏 Contributing
- 👨💻 Development scripts
- 💵 Backers
- 💸 Sponsors
- 📝 License
Getting Started
First install storybook:
cd my-react-app
npx sb initIf you'd rather set up your project manually, take a look at our Slow Start Guide.
Once it's installed, you can npm run storybook and it will run the development server on your local machine, and give you a URL to browse some sample stories.
For full documentation on using Storybook visit: storybook.js.org
For additional help, join us in our Discord or Slack (legacy)
Projects
Supported Frameworks
| Framework | Demo | |
|---|---|---|
| React | v6.0.x |  |
| React Native | - |  |
| Vue | v6.0.x |  |
| Angular | v6.0.x |  |
| Marionette.js | - |  |
| Mithril | v6.0.x |  |
| Marko | v6.0.x |  |
| HTML | v6.0.x |  |
| Svelte | v6.0.x |  |
| Riot | v6.0.x |  |
| Ember | v6.0.x |  |
| Preact | v6.0.x |  |
| Rax | v6.0.x |  |
Sub Projects
- CLI - Streamlined installation for a variety of app types
- examples - Code examples to illustrate different Storybook use cases
Addons
| Addons | |
|---|---|
| a11y | Test components for user accessibility in Storybook |
| actions | Log actions as users interact with components in the Storybook UI |
| backgrounds | Let users choose backgrounds in the Storybook UI |
| cssresources | Dynamically add/remove css resources to the component iframe |
| design assets | View images, videos, weblinks alongside your story |
| docs | Add high quality documentation to your components |
| events | Interactively fire events to components that respond to EventEmitter |
| google-analytics | Reports google analytics on stories |
| graphql | Query a GraphQL server within Storybook stories |
| jest | View the results of components' unit tests in Storybook |
| knobs | Interactively edit component prop data in the Storybook UI |
| links | Create links between stories |
| query params | Mock query params |
| storyshots | Snapshot testing for components in Storybook |
| storysource | View the code of your stories within the Storybook UI |
| viewport | Change display sizes and layouts for responsive components using Storybook |
See Addon / Framework Support Table
Deprecated Addons
| Addons | |
|---|---|
| info | Annotate stories with extra component usage information |
| notes | Annotate Storybook stories with notes |
| contexts | Addon for driving your components under dynamic contexts |
| options | Customize the Storybook UI in code |
In order to continue improving your experience, we have to eventually deprecate certain addons in favor of new, better tools.
If you're using info/notes, we highly recommend you to migrate to docs instead, and here is a guide to help you.
If you're using contexts, we highly recommend you to migrate to toolbars and here is a guide to help you.
Badges & Presentation materials
We have a badge! Link it to your live Storybook example.
[](link to site)If you're looking for material to use in your presentation about storybook, like logo's video material and the colors we use etc, you can find all of that at our brand repo.
Community
- Tweeting via @storybookjs
- Blogging at Medium
- Chatting on Discord
- Chatting (legacy) on Slack
- Streaming saved at Youtube
Contributing
We welcome contributions to Storybook!
- 📥 Pull requests and 🌟 Stars are always welcome.
- Read our contributing guide to get started, or find us on Discord, we will take the time to guide you
Looking for a first issue to tackle?
- We tag issues with
when we think they are well suited for people who are new to the codebase or OSS in general.
- Talk to us, we'll find something to suits your skills and learning interest.
Development scripts
Storybook is organized as a monorepo using Lerna. Useful scripts include:
yarn bootstrap
Installs package dependencies and links packages together - using lerna
yarn lint
boolean check if code conforms to linting rules - uses remark & eslint
yarn lint:js- will check jsyarn lint:md- will check markdown + code samplesyarn lint:js --fix- will automatically fix js
yarn test
boolean check if unit tests all pass - uses jest
yarn run test --core --watch- will run core tests in watch-mode
Sponsors
Become a sponsor and get your logo on our README on Github with a link to your site. [Become a sponsor]
Backers
Support us with a monthly donation and help us continue our activities. [Become a backer]
License
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