Getting Started

SolidBase wraps your SolidStart config rather than wrapping Start itself, so you can add SolidBase to most existing Start projects or create a new one.

Creating a New Project

Follow Start's getting started guide to create a new project. We'd recommend using the basic preset as it includes @solidjs/router, and recommend against the with-mdx preset as SolidBase will provide MDX spport for you.

Adding SolidBase to Your Project

Install @kobalte/solidbase:

npm i @kobalte/solidbase

pnpm add @kobalte/solidbase

yarn add @kobalte/solidbase

bun add @kobalte/solidbase

deno add npm:@kobalte/solidbase

In your project's app.config, wrap the config being passed to defineConfig with withSolidBase. This will configure SolidBase with the default theme.

import { defineConfig } from "@solidjs/start/config";
import { withSolidBase } from "@kobalte/solidbase/config";

export default defineConfig(withSolidBase(/* your SolidStart config */));

Add the SolidBaseRoot component to the root of your project's Router.

import { SolidBaseRoot } from "@kobalte/solidbase/client";
import { Router } from "@solidjs/router";
import { FileRoutes } from "@solidjs/start/router";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <Router root={SolidBaseRoot}>
      <FileRoutes />
    </Router>
  );
}

If your router already has a root component, you can wrap it with SolidBaseRoot.

<Router
  root={(props) => {
    return <SolidBaseRoot>{props.children}</SolidBaseRoot>;
  }}
>
  <FileRoutes />
</Router>

To provide the lang and data-theme attributes to the html element during SSR, spread getHtmlProps() onto it in entry-server:

// @refresh reload
import { StartServer, createHandler } from "@solidjs/start/server";
import { getHtmlProps } from "@kobalte/solidbase/server";

export default createHandler(() => (
  <StartServer
    document={({ assets, children, scripts }) => (
      <html {...getHtmlProps()}>
        ...
      </html>
    )}
  />
));

note

SolidBase prerenders your pages by default, so data-theme will probably be incorrect in the initial HTML. To account for this, a small script will automatically be injected to correct the theme before the page is rendered.

Your project is now setup with the default SolidBase theme!

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Last updated: 3/12/25, 10:15 PM