Extensions catalog
The 27 packages below are all maintained in this monorepo and published to NPM under the ui5-community ownership. Picking the right one? See Selecting an extension.
Looking beyond this repo? Best of UI5 indexes a much wider set of community packages — tasks, middlewares, libraries, controls, generators, and more. It’s the recommended starting point for finding a UI5 extension. Most (but not all) of the packages on this page are also indexed there.
Table of contents
Middleware
| Package | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| ui5-middleware-approuter | Use the SAP @sap/approuter as proxy for SAP BTP / Cloud Foundry / XSA destinations during local development. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-cap | Embed the CAP CDS server middlewares inside the UI5 CLI dev server. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-iasync | Sync UI interactions across connected browsers (alpha). |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-index | Serve a generated welcome / start page for the UI5 dev server root. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-livereload | Live-reload webapp resources whenever they change. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-onelogin | Universal / generic login support for the UI5 CLI. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-serveframework | Serve resources from a locally built UI5 framework. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-servestatic | Serve static resources via the UI5 dev server. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-simpleproxy | Simple express proxy for forwarding requests to backend services. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-ui5 | Make UI5 applications available as dependencies for the UI5 dev server. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-webjars | Deliver content from JAR files (WebJars) through the UI5 dev server. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-middleware-websocket | Enable WebSockets for express servers like the UI5 dev server. |  · Best of UI5 |
Task
| Package | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| ui5-task-cachebuster | Cache-busting for standalone UI5 applications. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-task-copyright | Append copyright headers to TypeScript, JavaScript and XML files at build time. Not currently indexed on bestofui5.org. |  |
| ui5-task-flatten-library | Flatten the library folder structure for deployment to SAP NetWeaver. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-task-i18ncheck | Detect missing i18n translations referenced in XML views. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-task-minify-xml | Minify XML resources (views, fragments, etc.). |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-task-pwa-enabler | Turn a UI5 application into a Progressive Web App. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-task-zipper | Bundle the entire webapp into a zip archive. |  · Best of UI5 |
Tooling
| Package | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| ui5-tooling-less | Build and serve LESS files in UI5 projects. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-tooling-modules | Consume NPM packages directly as UI5 AMD-like modules. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-tooling-stringreplace | Replace placeholder strings in UI5 sources at build time. |  · Best of UI5 |
| ui5-tooling-transpile | Transpile UI5 resources (TypeScript / modern JS) using Babel. |  · Best of UI5 |
CDS Integration
| Package | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| cds-plugin-ui5 | A CDS server cds-plugin that embeds UI5 CLI based projects via express middlewares into the CDS server. Not currently indexed on bestofui5.org. |  |
| dev-approuter | Dev-time wrapper for the SAP Application Router that can serve UI5 and CAP modules added as (dev)dependencies. Not currently indexed on bestofui5.org. |  |
Test Tooling
| Package | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| karma-ui5-transpile | Karma preprocessor that transpiles UI5 sources using ui5-tooling-transpile. Not currently indexed on bestofui5.org. |  |
Utility
| Package | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| ui5-utils-express | Helper utilities for express-based UI5 tooling. Not currently indexed on bestofui5.org. |  |
Packages not yet on Best of UI5
The following 5 packages are published to NPM and maintained in this repository but are not currently indexed on bestofui5.org:
cds-plugin-ui5— A CDS servercds-pluginthat embeds UI5 CLI based projects via express middlewares into the CDS server.dev-approuter— Dev-time wrapper for the SAP Application Router that can serve UI5 and CAP modules added as (dev)dependencies.karma-ui5-transpile— Karma preprocessor that transpiles UI5 sources usingui5-tooling-transpile.ui5-task-copyright— Append copyright headers to TypeScript, JavaScript and XML files at build time.ui5-utils-express— Helper utilities for express-based UI5 tooling.
If you maintain one of these and would like it indexed, you can submit it to the Best of UI5 data repository.