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subform-layout
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lynaghk / subform-layout

subform-layout

Embeddable layout engine. Like flexbox, but with fewer concepts, applied uniformly.

3Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
197GitHub stars
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What to know before exploring

What it is

Embeddable layout engine. Like flexbox, but with fewer concepts, applied uniformly.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 12:45:45 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-03-07 22:23:55 UTC to 2018-03-08 13:18:07 UTC.

012018-03-07 22:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-07 23:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMar 7, 22:002018-03-07 23:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 01:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 01:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 02:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 02:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-03-08 03:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-03-08 04:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 05:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-03-08 05:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMar 8, 05:002018-03-08 06:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 07:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 07:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 08:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 08:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 09:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 10:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 11:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 12:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-08 13:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-08 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMar 8, 13:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Mar 7, 22:002018-03-07 22:00:00 UTC2018-03-07 23:00:00 UTC101
Mar 7, 23:002018-03-07 23:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 00:002018-03-08 00:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 01:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 01:002018-03-08 01:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 02:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 02:002018-03-08 02:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 03:00:00 UTC101
Mar 8, 03:002018-03-08 03:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 04:00:00 UTC101
Mar 8, 04:002018-03-08 04:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 05:00:00 UTC101
Mar 8, 05:002018-03-08 05:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 06:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 06:002018-03-08 06:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 07:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 07:002018-03-08 07:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 08:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 08:002018-03-08 08:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 09:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 09:002018-03-08 09:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 10:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 10:002018-03-08 10:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 11:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 11:002018-03-08 11:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 12:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 12:002018-03-08 12:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 13:00:00 UTC000
Mar 8, 13:002018-03-08 13:00:00 UTC2018-03-08 14:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Hi HN, author here (along with RyLuke). We launched Subform on Kickstarter in 2016, but are just now opening up our beta to the public. Subform's focus is on layout. Dynamic layout systems are pretty functionally complex, but creating them is more of a visual process that really benefits from direct-manipulation and a tight feedback loop. (Rather than the endless tweak-reload/recompile-tweak-reload/recompile cycle) We started with flexbox, but ended up designing our own layout system, which is both simpler and more expressive. For HN folks who like thinking about conceptual design: https://medium.com/subform/why-not-flexbox-ddbe60396163 Or if you just want to check out the layout system in code, there's a WebAssembly build: https://github.com/lynaghk/subform-layout Beyond the layout semantics, we've also spent quite a bit of time on the u
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ser experience for adjusting layout and hierarchy in the app: https://medium.com/subform/dynamic-layout-at-design-time-91d...
In Show HN: Subform, a UI layout tool

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