Should we improve the default UI/UX for generated applications in Grails 8

[jamesfredley]

Currently generated applications plus core plugins including fields and scaffolding generate a fairly stock Bootstrap 5 based design.

There are a number of open source themes which could be incorporated in generated applications to provide an improved UI/UX for generated applications.

Examples (all MIT licensed, some have pro/paid version, but would be unnecessary for a simple generated Grails app):
https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/AdminLTE
https://github.com/coreui/coreui-free-bootstrap-admin-template
https://github.com/tabler/tabler
https://github.com/adminkit/adminkit
https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/gentelella

Or we could go further moving from Bootstrap to Tailwind (all MIT licensed, some have pro/paid version, but would be unnecessary for a simple generated Grails app):
https://github.com/themesberg/flowbite-admin-dashboard
https://github.com/themesberg/tailwind-dashboard-windster
https://github.com/htmlstreamofficial/preline
https://github.com/TailAdmin/tailadmin-free-tailwind-dashboard-template
https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/gentelella
https://github.com/estevanmaito/windmill-dashboard?tab=readme-ov-file

[matrei]

Yes, this should definitely be on the roadmap for 8 🚀

[sbglasius]

It would be cool, if start.grails.org would let you choose what theme your default project would create. That would be a new touch.