Noundry.Studio.CLI 1.2.0

Noundry.Studio.CLI (ndui)

Server-rendered .NET with React-class DX. HTMX, Tailwind, owned source. No Node, no Blazor render modes, no Microsoft cloud lock-in.

A .NET 10 global tool that scaffolds and installs editable Razor components into your project from the Noundry registry. Think shadcn add for the indie .NET stack.

Install

dotnet tool install -g Noundry.Studio.CLI

Use

ndui init my-app            # scaffold a new project (HTMX + Alpine + Tailwind, no Node)
cd my-app
ndui add datatable dialog   # install components into Components/<Name>/
ndui list                   # what's installed
ndui doctor                 # verify wiring + file integrity
dotnet run                  # ship

The starter ships with HTMX wired into the layout, Alpine for client-side state, Tailwind via Tailbreeze (no Node), Tuxedo over IDbConnection for data, and the Plurral/Noundry deploy story (Engine + Spinup) when you're ready to ship to a $5 VPS in 60 seconds.

What it gives you

• 53 owned, editable components — <noundry-data-table>, <noundry-modal>, <noundry-combobox>, etc. Drop into your .cshtml, edit the source freely.
• 15 reactivity patterns — async-autocomplete, debounced-search, infinite-scroll, optimistic-delete, modal-form, polling, multi-target swaps. All HTMX-native.
• Hot reload <500ms — server-rendered Razor + dotnet watch. None of the Blazor render-mode complexity.
• No Node toolchain — Tailwind compiled by an MSBuild task. No npm install. No package.json for UI work.
• Multi-target ready — works in Razor Pages, MVC, and Minimal API. Blazor variant available via --target blazor.

Non-goals

• Does not require Node.js.
• Does not require Blazor.
• Does not require Azure or any specific cloud.

Part of the Noundry stack

Studio is one piece of the post-Microsoft .NET stack. Pairs with:

• Noundry.UI — 73 Razor TagHelpers (the components Studio installs)
• Noundry.TagHelpers — asp-if, validation, form-group, display, editor
• Noundry.RazorHelpers — RenderFragment, HtmlBuilder, TableBuilder
• Noundry.Tailbreeze — Tailwind v4 without Node
• Noundry.Tuxedo — Dapper replacement, multi-database
• Noundry.Sod — Zero-dep schema validation (Zod for C#)
• Engine (ndng) — Docker-first deploy, ~50MB chiseled .NET 10 images
• Spinup — Multi-cloud Terraform CLI for VMs/networks/load balancers
• Sentinel — Self-hosted APM + log aggregation

License

MIT.