Getting Started

This guide will help you install and configure VitePress Theme TUI for your documentation site.

Prerequisites

Before installing VitePress Theme TUI, you need to have:

• A VitePress project set up
• Node.js and npm/yarn/pnpm/bun installed

If you don't have a VitePress project yet, follow the VitePress installation guide to create one.

Installation

1. Install the theme package using your preferred package manager:

npm

npm install vitepress-theme-tui

yarn

yarn add vitepress-theme-tui

pnpm

pnpm add vitepress-theme-tui

bun

bun add vitepress-theme-tui

Basic Configuration

2. Create or modify your theme configuration file:

.vitepress/theme/index.js

import DefaultTheme from 'vitepress/theme'
import { useTUI } from 'vitepress-theme-tui'
import 'vitepress-theme-tui/style.css'

export default {
  extends: DefaultTheme,
  enhanceApp(ctx) {
    useTUI({ 
      theme: 'default', // Optionally set a default theme.
    }) 
  }
}

.vitepress/theme/index.ts

import type { Theme } from 'vitepress'
import DefaultTheme from 'vitepress/theme'
import { useTUI } from 'vitepress-theme-tui'
import 'vitepress-theme-tui/style.css'

export default {
  extends: DefaultTheme,
  enhanceApp(ctx) {
    useTUI({ 
      theme: 'default', // Optionally set a default theme.
    }) 
  }
} satisfies Theme

Configuring Fonts

You can customize the fonts used in your documentation site using either Google Fonts or UnoCSS.

Using Google Fonts

To use Google Fonts, add the following to your VitePress configuration:

export default {
  head: [
    [
      'link',
      { rel: 'preconnect', href: 'https://fonts.googleapis.com' }
    ],
    [
      'link',
      { rel: 'preconnect', href: 'https://fonts.gstatic.com', crossorigin: '' }
    ],
    [
      'link',
      { href: 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono&display=swap', rel: 'stylesheet' }
    ]
  ],
}

For more information, see the VitePress documentation on adding Google Fonts.

Using UnoCSS

If you prefer to use UnoCSS for font management, you can install the necessary presets and configure them in your UnoCSS configuration file.

import { defineConfig, presetWebFonts, presetWind3 } from 'unocss'

export default defineConfig({
  presets: [
    presetWind3(),
    presetWebFonts({
      fonts: {
        mono: 'IBM Plex Mono',
      },
    }),
  ],
})

Style Isolation with vp-tui-raw

VitePress Theme TUI includes a feature that allows you to isolate content from the theme's styles. This is useful when you want to display content with the default VitePress styling instead of the terminal-inspired styling.

To use this feature, wrap your content in a div with the vp-tui-raw class:

<div class="vp-tui-raw">

# This content is not affected by the theme's styles

Regular markdown content here will use the default VitePress styling.

\`\`\`javascript
// Code blocks will use default styling
const example = 'Hello, world!';
\`\`\`

> Blockquotes will use default styling

</div>