Astrobook is a UI component playground that supports multiple frameworks including React, Vue, Preact, Svelte, Solid, Lit, and Astro. It offers a unified environment to develop, test, and showcase components.
Note
Astrobook supports various frameworks. We use React as an example here. Check the Astro docs for other integrations.
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Install the packages
npm install astro @astrojs/react astrobook
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Create
astro.config.mjsand add theastrobookintegration// astro.config.mjs import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config' import react from '@astrojs/react' import astrobook from 'astrobook' // https://astro.build/config export default defineConfig({ integrations: [react(), astrobook()], })
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Add scripts to your
package.json"scripts": { "dev": "astro dev", "build": "astro build" }
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Write stories. Astrobook scans all
.stories.{ts,tsx,js,jsx,mts,mtsx,mjs,mjsx}files. It's compatible with Storybook's Component Story Format v3.// src/components/Button.stories.ts import { Button, type ButtonProps } from './Button.tsx' export default { component: Button, } export const PrimaryButton = { args: { variant: 'primary', } satisfies ButtonProps, } export const SecondaryButton = { args: { variant: 'secondary', } satisfies ButtonProps, }
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Run
npm run devand openhttp://localhost:4321to see your stories.
You can use the directory option to specify the directory to scan for stories. The default directory is current working directory.
// astro.config.mjs
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config'
import astrobook from 'astrobook'
export default defineConfig({
integrations: [
astrobook({
directory: 'src/components',
}),
/* ...other integrations */
],
})You can run Astrobook as a standalone app. You can also add it to your existing Astro project. In the latter case, you can use the subpath option to specify the subpath of Astrobook.
// astro.config.mjs
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config'
import astrobook from 'astrobook'
export default defineConfig({
integrations: [astrobook({ subpath: '/docs/components' })],
})In the example above, Astrobook will be available at http://localhost:4321/docs/components.
Notice that the subpath option is relative to the base URL of your Astro project. For example, if you configure both Astro's base and astrobook's subpath, like so:
// astro.config.mjs
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config'
import astrobook from 'astrobook'
export default defineConfig({
base: '/base',
integrations: [astrobook({ subpath: '/docs/components' })],
})You Astro project will be available at http://localhost:4321/base and Astrobook will be available at http://localhost:4321/base/docs/components.
The path to an Astro component that includes custom tags to the <head> of your Astrobook site. It should only include elements permitted inside <head>.
Below is an example of a custom head component that configures the global styles and fonts.
---
// src/components/CustomHead.astro
// Apply global styles from a CSS file
import './global.css'
---
<!-- Load custom fonts -->
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://rsms.me/" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://rsms.me/inter/inter.css" />
<!-- Apply global styles -->
<style is:global>
html {
font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;
}
</style>// astro.config.mjs
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config'
export default defineConfig({
head: './src/components/CustomHead.astro',
})You can set the title for your website.
// astro.config.mjs
import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config'
export default defineConfig({
title: 'My Awesome Playground',
})If you're running Astrobook in an iframe, you can toggle the theme via a message.
const theme = 'light' // or "dark"
iframe.contentWindow.postMessage({ type: 'astrobook:set-theme', theme }, '*')MIT