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Makepad 2.0 App Structure

by ZhangHanDong

Makepad 2.0 App Structure is a Frontend skill for Claude Code, published by ZhangHanDong in makepad-skills.

745 stars87 forkson ZhangHanDong/makepad-skillsAdded 2026/08/23Repository updated 2026/04/07
appclaudeclaude-codecross-platformmakepadrustskills
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Install Makepad 2.0 App Structure
Copy Makepad 2.0 App Structure into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/ZhangHanDong/makepad-skills/tree/main/skills/makepad-2.0-app-structure ~/.claude/skills/makepad-2.0-app-structure

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/ZhangHanDong/makepad-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
skills/makepad-2.0-app-structure/SKILL.md in ZhangHanDong/makepad-skills
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/makepad-2.0-app-structure
Collection
One of 14 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Frontend567 skills

What Makepad 2.0 App Structure does

Makepad 2.0 App Structure explains how to set up a Makepad app with Rust, Splash scripting, event handling, and hot reload. Use it when starting a new Makepad project or wiring Rust and UI code together.

Makepad 2.0 App Structure is cataloged under Frontend on DirSkills. Makepad 2.0 App Structure comes from a repository tagged app, claude, claude-code, cross-platform and makepad.

Documentation

README

Makepad 2.0 App Structure Skill

Version: makepad-widgets (dev branch) | Last Updated: 2026-03-03

Overview

A Makepad 2.0 app combines Rust code with Splash scripting. The Rust side handles app lifecycle, event routing, and business logic. The Splash side defines UI structure, templates, and inline interactions.

Documentation

Refer to the local files for detailed documentation:

  • ./references/app-boilerplate.md - Complete working app template with Cargo.toml
  • ./references/rust-splash-integration.md - Rust ↔ Splash communication patterns

IMPORTANT: Documentation Completeness Check

Before answering questions, Claude MUST:

  1. Read the relevant reference file(s) listed above
  2. If file read fails, answer based on SKILL.md patterns + built-in knowledge

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Makepad 2.0 App Structure

  • What else does ZhangHanDong publish alongside Makepad 2.0 App Structure?

    Makepad 2.0 App Structure is one of 14 skills that DirSkills catalogs from ZhangHanDong/makepad-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Makepad 1.x To 2.0 Migration, Makepad 2.0 DSL and Makepad 2.0 Events. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Makepad 2.0 App Structure does, and is maintained by ZhangHanDong in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the ZhangHanDong/makepad-skills page.

  • How does Makepad 2.0 App Structure compare to other Frontend skills?

    Makepad 2.0 App Structure ranks #396 by stars among the 567 Frontend skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Angular Developer, Android Clean Architecture and Accessibility. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Makepad 2.0 App Structure against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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