Show HN: Phantom UI – Skeleton that measures your real DOM (Web Component, 8kb)

Category: library

Tags: web-components, skeleton-loader, ui-ux

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Phantom UI is a Web Component that automatically generates skeleton loading screens by measuring the real DOM structure of your UI at runtime, eliminating the need to build and maintain separate skeleton components. It's interesting because it provides a framework-agnostic, structure-aware solution that stays in sync with your actual UI, solving a common maintenance pain point in modern web development.

Target audience: frontend devs

Repository: https://github.com/Aejkatappaja/phantom-ui · TypeScript · MIT · 104 stars

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