Status: v1 in progress (shippable static apps)
Goal: Ship real browser apps as Luke-owned UI + Build AOT, not a thin skin over React.
Frontend track:FRONTEND_ROADMAP.md
Stack layers
Luke app (.luke / .lk) ↓Hanka nested COLUMN / ROW / STACK (+ ALIGN, AUTO) ↓Argus TEXT / BUTTON / INPUT / IMAGE / BOX / SELECT / TABLE / MODAL ↓Events CLICKED | CHANGED | SUBMITTED | FETCH READYRouting GO TO / WHEN THE ROUTE IS …Data FOR EACH list → UI · START FETCH (async) ↓Thin boot WASM + lukejs embedder (runtime, not app JS) ↓Static dist .html + .wasm + fonts/Checklist
| Capability | Now |
|---|---|
| Nested Hanka | yes (+ ALIGN) |
| Inputs (+ email/password) | yes |
| Select / table / modal | yes (beachhead) |
THE VALUE OF / validation helpers |
yes |
Text measure / SIZE AUTO |
yes |
| Viewport width | yes |
| Hash routing | yes |
| Async fetch GET/POST + status/body | yes |
FOR EACH → UI |
yes |
| Deploy folder | html + wasm + fonts |
| a11y roles on paint | yes (beachhead) |
| Motion polish | in progress |
luke PUBLISH WEB |
yes |
| Reactive runtime | Phases 1–8 — see REACTIVE.md |
Surface (v1)
raw "BEGIN COLUMN AT 48, 48 SIZE 720, 520 PAD 0 GAP 16 ALIGN CENTER"raw "BEGIN ROW AT 0, 0 SIZE 720, 48 PAD 0 GAP 12"raw "SLOT BUTTON \"nav-home\" SIZE 120, 44 SAY \"Home\""raw "SLOT BUTTON \"nav-search\" SIZE 120, 44 SAY \"Search\""raw "END ROW"raw "SLOT INPUT \"email\" AS EMAIL SIZE 480, 48 SAY \"you@example.com\""raw "SLOT INPUT \"pass\" AS PASSWORD SIZE 480, 48 SAY \"Password\""raw "SLOT SELECT \"plan\" SIZE 240, 40 SAY \"Free|Pro|Team\""raw "END COLUMN"raw "LAY OUT THE SCREEN"raw "PAINT THE SCREEN"Demo / deploy
luke BUILD examples/build/web_app.luke -target browser -o dist/app# or:luke PUBLISH WEB examples/build/web_app.luke -o dist/app# ship: dist/app.html + dist/app.wasm (+ fonts/)