1# webui-vue 2 3webui-vue is a web-based user interface for the OpenBMC firmware stack built on 4[Vue.js](https://vuejs.org/). 5 6## Hold on... What happened to phosphor-webui? 7 8[phosphor-webui](https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-webui) was built on 9AngularJS and 10[AngularJS goes End of Life](https://www.convective.com/angularjs-end-of-life/) 11June 30, 2021, this repository is its replacement. 12 13## When will this new Vue.js application reach feature parity with phosphor-webui? 14 15Several, mostly minor, features remain for feature parity. See 16[GitHub Issues label:phosphor-webui-feature-parity](https://github.com/openbmc/webui-vue/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aphosphor-webui-feature-parity) 17for the complete list. 18 19## Why will this application be better? 20 21As mentioned, this application is built using Vue.js, a modern open-source 22Model-View-ViewModel JavaScript framework supported by an active community and 23strong documentation. It has been architected to allow organizations to easily 24update the theme to support their brand. This rewrite takes advantage of 25front-end development best practices and does not suffer from some of the 26anti-patterns that exist in phosphor-webui today. 27 28## Should I switch to webui-vue from phosphor-webui? 29 30That is up to you. Several companies have switched. 31 32- [Commit moving several systems to webui-vue](https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc/commit/4a3fa4d6d865b46ba54f2652c82f58a406455ebc) 33- [Discussion about webui-vue being the standard](https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/openbmc/2020-September/023160.html) 34 35webui-vue although still missing a few features that were in phosphor-webui, as 36mentioned above, has the following additional features: 37 38- Ability to easily theme to meet brand guidelines 39- Accessibility 40- Full Redfish 41- Improved user experience based on user feedback 42- Language translation-ready 43- Modern front-end framework with an active community and future development 44 roadmap 45 46## How can I get involved? 47 48- Visit the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more on how to contribute 49 code 50- Review some code in 51 [Gerrit](https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/q/project:openbmc%252Fwebui-vue+status:open) 52- Join us in the 53 [GUI design workgroup meeting](https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc/wiki/GUI-Design-work-group). 54 55## Documentation 56 57The documentation for coding standards and components is located in the `docs` 58directory. It is created using the [VuePress](https://vuepress.vuejs.org/) 59static site generator. Information about how to write documentation can be found 60on the [VuePress website](https://vuepress.vuejs.org/). 61