v4

[benjamincanac]

As announced in the NuxtLabs blog post and Vercel's announcement, NuxtLabs is joining Vercel! 🎉 This is a big step forward for the Nuxt ecosystem and we're excited to be part of it.

Overview

As part of this transition, we're making Nuxt UI more accessible to everyone. In September, we'll release Nuxt UI v4: a free, open-source library that unifies Nuxt UI and Nuxt UI Pro, offering 100+ components and a complete free Figma Kit for everyone.

Nuxt UI v4 is officially released: https://github.com/nuxt/ui/releases/tag/v4.0.0
You can check the migration guide: https://ui4.nuxt.com/docs/getting-started/migration/v4

Release

• Release v4.0.0-beta.0 to have changes in the release notes from v4.0.0-alpha.2 https://github.com/nuxt/ui/releases/tag/v4.0.0-beta.0
• Merge docs: prepare for v4 release and move to ui.nuxt.com #5016 (stop Vercel deployment)
• Release v4.0.0
• Transfer ui.nuxt.com from v3 to v4 + redirect ui4.nuxt.com to ui.nuxt.com
• Merge https://github.com/nuxt/ui-pro/pull/1271 + docs: prepare for v4 release and move to ui3.nuxt.com #5019
• Merge https://github.com/nuxt/ui-pro/pull/1272 + docs: prepare for v4 release #5020
• Update templates to v4.0.0 & ui.nuxt.com
• Unpublish LemonSqueezy products
• Publish release note https://github.com/nuxt/ui/releases/tag/v4.0.0
• Publish blog post https://nuxt.com/blog/nuxt-ui-v4
• Publish tweet https://x.com/nuxt_js/status/1970471231641264390

Tasks

• Import Nuxt UI Pro components: feat: import @nuxt/ui-pro components #4675
• Migrate to AI SDK v5: feat(components)!: upgrade ai-sdk to v5 #4698
• Publish Figma Kit v4: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1544369209862884086
• Docs
  • Remove /pro pages
  • Subnavbar with sections (Get Started / Components / Composables / Typography)
  • Restructure Get Started with Overview / Theme / Integrations categories
  • Move Typography into own section with page for each prose component: docs(typography): move to own section #4742
  • Split Theme into multiple pages (Design System / CSS Variables / Components) docs(theme): split into multiple pages #4939
  • Write Migration to v4 page: docs(migration): write guide from v3 to v4 #4802
  • Rewrite Introduction page
  • Write Llms.txt page: docs(getting-started): add llms.txt page #4799
• Migrate Nuxt UI Templates to v4
  • chore(deps): upgrade to @nuxt/ui v4 nuxt-ui-templates/starter#151
  • chore(deps): upgrade to @nuxt/ui v4 nuxt-ui-templates/starter-vue#44
  • chore(deps): upgrade to @nuxt/ui v4 nuxt-ui-templates/landing#175
  • chore(deps): upgrade to @nuxt/ui v4 nuxt-ui-templates/docs#237
  • chore(deps): upgrade to @nuxt/ui v4 nuxt-ui-templates/saas#201
  • chore(deps): upgrade to @nuxt/ui v4 nuxt-ui-templates/dashboard#209
  • chore(deps): upgrade to @nuxt/ui v4 nuxt-ui-templates/dashboard-vue#44
  • chore(deps): upgrade to @nuxt/ui v4 nuxt-ui-templates/chat#50
  • chore(deps): upgrade to @nuxt/ui v4 nuxt-ui-templates/portfolio#38
• Codemod

Feedback

We'll be actively working on v4 branch and would love to hear from the community! Feel free to share your thoughts, suggestions, and feedback in this thread.

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This v4 release represents our commitment to making powerful UI components accessible to everyone while building a stronger, more sustainable ecosystem. We're incredibly excited to work with the community to make this the best version of Nuxt UI yet! 🎉

Thank you for being part of this journey. None of this would be possible without your support. 💚

[ikxin]

@benjamincanac Will users who originally purchased Nuxt UI Pro have better features in the future?

[benjamincanac]

@ikxin Since Nuxt UI Pro is gonna be free within Nuxt UI v4, everyone will have access to the same features. However, we're still thinking of a way to reward/thank everyone who supported us by purchasing Nuxt UI Pro. The only idea at the moment is to give a badge on the Nuxt Discord server.

Feel free to share any idea!

[ikxin]

It's great! So when can we probably start using Nuxt UI Pro in any project without adding a license?

[benjamincanac]

@ikxin Well, in September when we release Nuxt UI v4 😊

[jcap97]

@benjamincanac first of all - thank you for the great news! and thank you (and the team) for creating a great UI library. Been enjoying the UI V3 in my personal projects 😊

Q: Are there plans to allow UI Pro V3 build without license while waiting for the transition to UI V4?

My plan was to build UI Pro V3 locally in the meantime then swap it to UI V4 when it is out. The license prevents me from building and deploying the app in nonprod environments since pipelines (e.g. GH Actions) requires the UI Pro V3 license to be setup.

P.S. This is just really a question and not a request 😅 since allowing a UI Pro V3 build without license might involve legal stuff and takes time from you guys building UI V4 .. If that is the case, I would just gladly wait for the UI V4 😊

[fedetorre-fleequid]

@benjamincanac the v4 release will be a strong refactor like from v2 to v3 or it will be focused only on component unification?

Thanks!

[HugoRCD]

@benjamincanac the v4 release will be a strong refactor like from v2 to v3 or it will be focused only on component unification?

Thanks!

Component unification ! And maybe some minor changes, but it will be much smoother than the v2 -> v3 transition

[J-Michalek]

Looks like good news! 💣

[DarioRega]

Hello @benjamincanac,
We haven't migrated from Nuxt UI Pro v2 yet and were planning to do it during the holidays. However, since v4 is coming in September, we're considering waiting to avoid two major migrations.
Is v4 expected to have as many breaking changes as v2→v3, or is it mainly about unifying the free and paid versions?
Thanks!

[benjamincanac]

@DarioRega Since it's really early, I have no information to provide about the changes from v3 to v4. There might be some breaking changes to fit the UI Pro components into UI but we haven't started working on it yet. However, I'll make sure the migration from v3 to v4 is as smooth as possible and will be nothing like v2 to v3 (which was a complete rewrite).

[benjamincanac]

@alihardan I took the liberty to delete your comment, please have the decency not to post any hack here 😅

[benjamincanac]

@jcap97 Thanks for the kind words 😊 I don't have an answer yet to allow building Nuxt UI Pro v3 during this transition period. This does involves legal stuff so I'll get back to you as soon as possible!