# Primer ViewComponents

Ruby on Rails implementation of the Primer Design System, shipped as a gem of ViewComponent components.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/primer-view-components/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://primer.style/product/components/
- repository: https://github.com/primer/view_components
- docs: https://primer.style/product/getting-started/rails/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: GitHub, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ui-library
- hosting: not applicable
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: ruby 3.2
- basedOn: rails

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: gem, npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 584
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 118
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 13
- dependentPackages: 2

### Sources

- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primer/view_components/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/primer/view_components (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://primer.style/product/getting-started/rails/ (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/primer_view_components.json (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primer/view_components/v0.53.5/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/primer/view_components (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://primer.style/product/components/ (read 2026-10-28)
- basedOn: https://primer.style/product/getting-started/rails/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primer/view_components/v0.53.5/primer_view_components.gemspec (read 2026-10-28)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primer/view_components/v0.53.5/primer_view_components.gemspec (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://primer.style/product/getting-started/rails/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/primer/view_components/v0.53.5/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/primer/view_components/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/primer/view_components/releases/tag/v0.53.5 (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/primer/view_components (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/primer/view_components/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/primer_view_components (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/primer_view_components (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Primer ViewComponents is the Ruby on Rails implementation of the Primer Design System, built with the ViewComponent library. A Rails application adds it as a gem from its Gemfile, and the [Rails guide](https://primer.style/product/getting-started/rails/) also has the application load the matching @primer/view-components, @primer/css and @primer/primitives packages from npm for its stylesheets and JavaScript.

## Worth knowing

The README places the gem in maintenance mode. It takes no new features, components or significant enhancements; security updates, dependency bumps and critical bug fixes continue, and issues stay open without a guaranteed response. It encourages GitHub's internal consumers to migrate to Primer React, and tells non-GitHub consumers they should consider forking a copy of the repository.

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