Dave GandyAfter setting the record in 2016 for the most funded and most backed software Kickstarter ever (both records still hold), the Font Awesome team is back with another Kickstarter! Introducing: WEB AWESOME.
There’s less than 48 hours for you to be a part of the Kickstarter and help us make this open source project even more awesome!
Just during the Kickstarter, lock in your Web Awesome Pro AND get a Font Awesome Pro subscriptions at 50% off!
Web Awesome is the fancy pants new name for Shoelace, the most popular free and open source web components library. (Shoelace and its creator, Cory LaViska, joined Font Awesome back in 2022.)
Drop Web Awesome components into any site, and they’ll just work. Since they’re built using web standards, no JavaScript frameworks are required. But Web Awesome works great with them all!
Shoelace –> Web Awesome
Web Awesome provides a collection of meticulously designed, highly customizable UI components built on framework agnostic technology. Why spend hundreds of hours (or more) building a design system from scratch? Why make a component library that only works with one framework?
With Web Awesome, you can:
- Start building faster (no need to roll your own buttons)
- Build multiple apps with different frameworks that share the same UI components
- Fully customize components to match your existing designs
- Adopt components incrementally Incrementally as needed (no need to ditch your framework)
- Upgrade or switch frameworks without rebuilding foundational components
Version 3.0 now comes with more Awesome than ever before, including improved accessibility, usability, and performance. AND our new theming API makes it easier than ever to manually theme your components.
Adding components is super easy!
Web Awesome, like Shoelace before it, contains a large library of the most commonly needed web components. And there are even more planned as part of the Kickstarter.
Stop starting projects from scratch and build better with Web Awesome.
Web Awesome Pro is the design system platform that makes it easier to ship websites, projects, and apps faster. It includes everything in Web Awesome Free, plus Pro-only web components, a theme builder, pattern library, and all-new layout components.
Our Pro Theme Builder lets you quickly build your brand as a custom theme, including your logo, typography, and icons (including Font Awesome Pro). And using just a single color, we’ll help you get your own fully accessible, fully unique color palette. And if you ever create a new logo or even undertake a full re-brand, the Pro Theme Builder makes it just as easy the second time to get a completely new look and feel for your website, project, or app.
Everything is possible,
Even the impossible!
Every knob, lever, and dial is yours to command!
Our Pro Pattern Library, with copy-and-paste code snippets, means you never have to build sites completely from scratch. Our patterns are designed from the ground up for the best usability AND accessibility so you have lots of great starting points for your next project. PLUS, you and your team will have access to your own themed and hosted documentation, so you can stay on the same page and work faster.
A sneak peek at some of the patterns that will be available when Web Awesome Pro launches – from e-commerce sites to personal blogs, we have you covered.
Our Pro Layout Components give you an easy responsive layout engine for mobile, desktop, and everything in between.
The <wa-page> component handles structural page elements positioning, so you don’t have to.
Responsive behavior comes built-in with the <wa-page> component.
At this super-low, Kickstarter-only price, if you save just a quarter of an hour every month, Web Awesome Pro will have paid for itself.
So back the Web Awesome Pro Kickstarter, ship faster, and build better together.
We’ve got lots more info over on the Web Awesome Kickstarter, including:
- Demo Videos
- Project Timeline
- Rewards
- Swag & Add-Ons
- Stretch Goals & Progress
- License details for WA Free and WA Pro
So, please support and thanks for putting the Awesome in Web Awesome!
There’s less than 48 hours for you to be a part of the Kickstarter and help us make this open source project be even more awesome! And just during the Kickstarter, lock in your Web Awesome Pro AND get a Font Awesome Pro subscriptions at 50% off!
