> the problem
Building good-looking Power Apps is slow. The default controls look outdated, there's no component ecosystem, and every time you start a new app you're rebuilding the same navbars, modals, and forms from scratch.
Most Power Apps devs aren't designers. They just want something that looks professional without spending hours tweaking pixel values.
> what i built
PowerLibs is a component library for Power Apps. 90+ production-ready UI components that you copy as YAML and paste directly into Power Apps Studio. No imports, no packages, no setup.
Each component is a group of controls that work together - a navigation bar is a container with a logo, buttons, and icons all wired up. You pick a component, customize it in the browser, copy the YAML code, and paste it into your app. Done.
It supports both modern and classic Power Apps controls, comes with built-in customization options, and generates clean YAML that just works.
> how it works
1. browse components on powerlibs.com
2. customize colors, sizes, layout in the browser
3. click copy - get Power Apps YAML
4. paste into Power Apps Studio
5. ship
> tech stack
framework: Next.js + React
styling: Tailwind CSS
auth: Google OAuth
payments: Stripe
database: Supabase
hosting: Vercel
output: Power Apps YAML (Canvas App format)
> why i built this
After building Power Apps professionally for a few years, every project started the same way - rebuild the navigation, rebuild the cards, rebuild the modals. It was the same work every time.
The web dev world has component libraries like shadcn/ui where you just copy-paste and go. Power Apps had nothing like that. So I built it.
It started as a free library with 9 components, then grew. Now it has 90+ components and is used by Power Apps developers worldwide.