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What is coloruicss?

weilanwl/coloruicss — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-24

12,401VueAudience · designerComplexity · 2/5LicenseSetup · easy

In one sentence

A bright, colorful CSS component library for WeChat mini-programs and UniApp that adds a high-saturation color palette, icon set, and a custom navigation bar to your app by copying one folder and importing two CSS files.

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  root((ColorUI))
    What it does
      CSS component library
      Bright color palette
      WeChat mini-programs
    Setup
      Copy colorui folder
      Import two CSS files
      Register cu-custom
    Features
      Color utilities
      Icon set
      Navigation bar
    Audience
      Frontend developers
      Mini-program devs
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add a vibrant pre-built color palette and UI components to a WeChat mini-program without writing custom CSS

USE CASE 2

Implement a configurable custom navigation bar on any page using the cu-custom component

USE CASE 3

Quickly prototype a visually distinctive Chinese mini-program UI using ready-made class names

What is it built with?

CSSVueUniApp

How does it compare?

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Stars12,40112,53112,579
LanguageVueVueVue
Setup difficultyeasymoderateeasy
Complexity2/53/51/5
Audiencedesignerdeveloperwriter

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 30min

Copy-and-import setup with no npm install required, but the library only works inside WeChat mini-program or UniApp environments.

MIT license, use freely for any purpose including commercial projects, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

So what is it?

ColorUI is a CSS component library built for WeChat mini-programs and UniApp, a framework used to create apps that run on multiple Chinese mobile platforms from a single codebase. Its defining feature is a bright, high-saturation color palette intended to make mini-programs visually distinct. The library works by providing styles you apply through CSS class names, with no JavaScript framework lock-in required. Some basic interactive behavior is also included to give developers a starting point for common patterns. Setup follows a copy-and-import pattern. You download the source code, copy the colorui folder into your project root, and then import two core CSS files in your app global stylesheet: main.css for layout and color utilities, and icon.css for the icon set. After that, ColorUI classes are available throughout any page in your project. The library includes a custom navigation bar component called cu-custom. You register it once in your app entry file and can then place it on any page using a simple HTML-style tag. The component accepts parameters for background color (specified as a class name), background image path, and whether to show a back button. There are slot areas for back button text, the center title area, and a right-side area. The integration steps differ slightly depending on whether you are using UniApp or native WeChat mini-program development, and the README provides separate code examples for both. Community resources, including a QQ group for discussion and a shared template and asset library on Yuque, are directed at Chinese-speaking developers. A V3 beta version is being developed in a separate repository. The project is MIT-licensed and targets Vue 2.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Add ColorUI to my UniApp project, walk me through copying the colorui folder and importing main.css and icon.css into my app stylesheet
Prompt 2
How do I register and use the cu-custom navigation bar component on a page in my WeChat mini-program?
Prompt 3
Show me how to use ColorUI color utility classes to style buttons, cards, and text in a UniApp page
Prompt 4
What is different about setting up ColorUI in a native WeChat mini-program versus a UniApp project?

Frequently asked questions

What is coloruicss?

A bright, colorful CSS component library for WeChat mini-programs and UniApp that adds a high-saturation color palette, icon set, and a custom navigation bar to your app by copying one folder and importing two CSS files.

What language is coloruicss written in?

Mainly Vue. The stack also includes CSS, Vue, UniApp.

What license does coloruicss use?

MIT license, use freely for any purpose including commercial projects, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is coloruicss to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is coloruicss for?

Mainly designer.

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