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Welcome to KIMU

KIMU is a lightweight, minimal, and modular front-end framework for building poetic and extensible interfaces, based on Web Components, dependency-free, declarative and dynamic.

KIMU is more than a framework: it's a digital building philosophy, a toolbox for web artists. Born from the desire to create meaningful, light, and elegant digital spaces. For those who design with intention. For those who build with care. For those who seek beauty in simplicity.

Not just tools, but spaces.
Not just components, but extensions of thought.
Every interface is a gesture, every module a note.
It doesn't impose: it accompanies. It doesn't shout: it breathes.
Minimal in essence, infinite in possibilities.

Why KIMU?

In an era of increasingly complex and constraining frameworks, KIMU offers an alternative and a radical vision: an ultra-minimal toolkit that sets you free and embraces web native standards.

Our mission is to enable you to:

  • Build with intention, not with bloat
  • Create interfaces that breathe
  • Maintain complete control over your architecture
  • Express your creativity without limits

"KIMU is a space where simplicity meets expressiveness,
where every line of code is a verse of digital poetry."

Distinctive Features

  • Every byte has been chosen with care
  • Core of just ~20kB
  • Zero external dependencies
  • On-demand modular loading
  • Native Web Components
  • Intuitive declarative API
  • Dynamic extension system
  • Privacy and security by design

A Living and Open Project

KIMU grows through its community. Every contribution enriches the project, every idea helps it evolve.

  • 🌱 Open Source: Open and transparent code
  • 🤝 Community-Driven: Guided by its community
  • 🎯 Vision-Oriented: With a clear direction
  • Future-Proof: Built on lasting web standards

Choose the essential. Build with intention. Create spaces that inspire.

Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)