boneyard-js is a CLI tool that generates skeleton loading screens by capturing your app's real UI layouts at build time, supporting React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, and React Native.

Which frameworks does boneyard-js support?

React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, and React Native—with responsive skeletons and fixture-based capture for dynamic screens.

How do you install and use boneyard-js?

`npm install -g boneyard-js`, then `boneyard extract --component Dashboard` to generate bone files, import via registry.

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Boneyard-js Ghosts Your Real UI Into Framework-Agnostic Skeletons

CLI whirs. Your React dashboard vanishes—replaced by its eerie twin, a skeleton that matches every card, every flexbox. boneyard-js just turned loading states from afterthought to architecture.

theAIcatchup Apr 08, 2026 3 min read

boneyard-js CLI generating responsive skeleton UI from a React dashboard layout

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boneyard-js extracts precise skeleton loaders from your actual UI at build time, killing layout shift across frameworks. 𝕏
CLI-driven with responsive bones and fixture support—perfect for dashboards, feeds, and mobile apps. 𝕏
Architectural shift toward parametric skeletons; expect bundler integration by 2025. 𝕏

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