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title: Credits
description: "Credits: Django, django-cotton, Tailwind CSS, daisyUI, Datastar, and projects behind the labb django component library."
keywords: "labb credits, django-cotton credits, daisyui tailwind django"
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labb is built on these open source projects.

## Core dependencies

- **[Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/)**. The web framework labb runs on
- **[Django Cotton](https://django-cotton.com/)**. Component syntax and template loader that makes `<c-lb.*>` possible
- **[daisyUI](https://daisyui.com/)**. Component classes and theming for Tailwind CSS
- **[Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/)**. Utility-first CSS framework
- **[Datastar](https://data-star.dev/)**. Signals and server actions over the wire, powering labb's reactivity

## CLI and tooling

- **[Typer](https://typer.tiangolo.com/)**. CLI framework powering the `labb` command
- **[Rich](https://rich.readthedocs.io/)**. Terminal formatting and output

## Icons

- **[Remix Icon](https://remixicon.com/)**. 2,800+ open source icons included via `labbicons`


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## Similar projects

- **[shadcn-django](https://shadcn-django.com/)**. shadcn/ui components for Django
- **[django-cotton-ui](https://github.com/wrabit/django-cotton-ui)**. Prebuilt Cotton UI components for Django

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## License

labb is released under the [MIT License](https://github.com/labbhq/labb/blob/main/LICENSE).