Pattern Lab
Node-based frontend workshop that builds and showcases UI pattern libraries using atomic design.
Pattern Lab is a frontend workshop environment for building, viewing and showcasing a design system’s UI components using atomic design. At its core it is a Node-based static site generator that stitches UI components together. A new project starts with npm create pattern-lab. The copyright line of its MIT-licensed code names Brian Muenzenmeyer and Brad Frost.
Worth knowing
The project is archived. Its homepage says so, and its README says it is no longer actively maintained and that no new releases or security patches will be made. The code and its history remain under the MIT License, and forks can continue independently.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Dev only2
- Rendering
- Static output2
- Install with
- npm create pattern-lab1
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-28: Status, Install with
github.com/pattern-lab/patternlab-node/blob/dev/README.md - 2026-10-28: Status, links, Categories, Runtime, Runs as, Rendering
patternlab.io/ - 2026-10-28: Status, links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/pattern-lab/patternlab-node - 2026-10-28: Status
registry.npmjs.org/@pattern-lab%2fcore - 2026-10-28: links
patternlab.io/docs/installing-pattern-lab/ - 2026-10-28: Maintainer, License
raw.githubusercontent.com/pattern-lab/patternlab-node/dev/LICENSE - 2026-10-28: Minimum runtime
registry.npmjs.org/@pattern-lab%2fcore/latest - 2026-10-28: First release, Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/pattern-lab/patternlab-node/releases - 2026-10-28: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/pattern-lab/patternlab-node/contributors - 2026-10-28: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/@pattern-lab/core