Future changes in Geist -- Component System

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Background

Geist is a component library from the community that was created to mimic many of the component libraries from Vercel and retains much of the original style after several iterations.

Geist has been gradually transformed into a component design system after version 2.0, and is being updated with this goal in mind.

(Meanwhile, Geist has not conducted any commercial activities and has not accepted any sponsorship)

More versatile

The goal of Geist should be a generic component system, not a copy of a Vercel design component. The reason for this is, on the one hand, to avoid being misunderstood and, on the other hand, not to limit the future development of the component library.

I think that with the current version of Geist, we or any developer is capable enough to create multiple themes based on the style system, geist should not be limited by a fixed set of themes, but need to find a balance of customization, ease of use, component design.

Plans

Design system

In the next few releases, I will focus more on the development of the design system and allow developers to customize and override more freely.

If possible, document sites should have multiple color schemes, rather than being limited to a particular theme.

Style update

Components that may be misleading or similar in style to the corresponding part are redesigned.

Migration of document sites

Geist's document site has been deployed in Vercel, but because the old organizational plan was discontinued, the next need to migrate to Cloudflare. Require the migration of 5 document sites, and ideally, we can do it within this month.

Others

So, based on this premise, the following kinds of discussions and requests will be closed:

• Why does Vercel have this component and Geist does not.
• Why this component style is different.

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Update

• The documentation site has been migrated to the Netlify platform and is working well. Geist is sponsored by the Netlify Platform Open Source Project, and other open-source documentation (from geist-org) will be deployed on the Netlify in the future.
• Added link to Netlify in the footer of Geist's documentation page.

Next

• Within 1-2 weeks we will further optimize the documentation site, including style, usability, loading speed and content updates.
• All example projects will be updated and organized to ensure that each example project is well described and can be applied correctly to the latest version. (with v2.3.0)
• Add some examples to make it easier for developers to customize components using the design system.
• In the next release, all error messages will be organized and more friendly error tips and solutions will be added, which will make it less difficult for developers to use the component system for customization.