Pliny

Pliny provides out of the box components to enhance your static site:

• Analytics
  • Google Analytics
  • Plausible Analytics
  • Simple Analytics
  • Umami Analytics
  • Posthog
  • Microsoft Clarity
• Comments
  • Disqus
  • Giscus
  • Utterances
• Newsletter (uses Next 13 API Routes)
  • Buttondown
  • Convertkit
  • Email Octopus
  • Klaviyo
  • Mailchimp
  • Beehiiv
• Command palette search with tailwind style sheet
  • Algolia
  • Kbar (local search)
• UI utility components
  • Bleed
  • Newsletter / Blog Newsletter
  • Pre / Code block
  • Table of Contents

as well as a bunch of MDX and contentlayer utility functions which I use to build Tailwind Nextjs Starter Blog and my own sites.

It is based on Next.js, Tailwind CSS and Contentlayer. For an example of how all the components can be used together, check out the Tailwind Nextjs Starter Blog.

Note: The previous cli and starter template have been deprecated. Please use the new components directly in your favourite Next 13 websites.

Note 2: The components are intended to be use within Next 13 app directory setup with Contentlayer. You might still be able to use the components in older websites but there's no official support for it, especially since many components are now using next/navigation instead of next/router.

This project is still in beta. Please report any issues or feedbacks.

Installation

npm i pliny

As many of the components are styled with tailwindcss, you will need to include the path to the library within the content section of your tailwind config file:

module.exports = {
  content: [
    './node_modules/pliny/**/*.js',
    './pages/**/*.{html,js}',
    './components/**/*.{html,js}',
  ],
  // ...
}

Components

Analytics

The Analytics component provides an easy interface to switch between different analytics providers. It might not be as feature rich as the official analytics providers but it should be sufficient for simple use cases.

All components default to the hosted service, but can be configured to use a self-hosted or proxied version of the script by providing the src / apiHost props to the respective analytics component.

Note: As an external script will be loaded, do ensure that script-src in the content security policy of next.config.js has been configured to whitelist the domain.

import { Analytics, AnalyticsConfig } from 'pliny/analytics'

const analytics: AnalyticsConfig = {
    // If you want to use an analytics provider you have to add it to the
    // content security policy in the `next.config.js` file.
    // supports Plausible, Simple Analytics, Umami, Posthog or Google Analytics.
    plausibleAnalytics: {
      plausibleDataDomain: '', // e.g. tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog.vercel.app
    },
    simpleAnalytics: {},
    umamiAnalytics: {
      umamiWebsiteId: '', // e.g. 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
    },
    posthogAnalytics: {
      posthogProjectApiKey: '', // e.g. 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000
    },
    googleAnalytics: {
      googleAnalyticsId: '', // e.g. G-XXXXXXX
    },
    clarityAnalytics: {
      ClarityWebsiteId: '', // e.g. abcdefjhij
    },
  }

export default function Layout() {
  return (
    ...
    <Analytics analyticsConfig={analyticsConfig} />
  )
}

You can also use the individual analytics components directly.

Google Analytics

import { GA } from 'pliny/analytics/GoogleAnalytics'

const googleAnalyticsId = '' // e.g. UA-000000-2 or G-XXXXXXX

export default function Layout() {
  return (
    ...
    <GA googleAnalyticsId={googleAnalyticsId} />
  )
}

Microsoft Clarity Analytics

import { GA } from 'pliny/analytics/MicrosoftClarity'

const ClarityWebsiteId = '' // e.g. abcdefjhij

export default function Layout() {
  return (
    ...
    <Clarity ClarityWebsiteId={ClarityWebsiteId} />
  )
}

Plausible Analytics

import { Plausible } from 'pliny/analytics/Plausible'

const plausibleDataDomain = '' // e.g. tailwind-nextjs-starter-blog.vercel.app

export default function Layout() {
  return (
    ...
    <Plausible plausibleDataDomain={plausibleDataDomain} />
  )
}

Simple Analytics

import { SimpleAnalytics } from 'pliny/analytics/SimpleAnalytics'

export default function Layout() {
  return (
    ...
    <SimpleAnalytics />
  )
}

Umami Analytics

import { Umami } from 'pliny/analytics/Umami'

const umamiWebsiteId = '' // e.g. 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000

export default function Layout() {
  return (
    ...
    <Umami umamiWebsiteId={umamiWebsiteId} />
  )
}

Posthog

import { Posthog } from 'pliny/analytics/Posthog'

const posthogProjectApiKey: '', // e.g. AhnJK8392ndPOav87as450xd

export default function Layout() {
  return (
    ...
    <Posthog posthogProjectApiKey={posthogProjectApiKey} />
  )
}

Comments

The Comments component provides an easy interface to switch between different comments providers.

import { Comments, CommentsConfig } from 'pliny/comments'
import siteMetadata from '@/data/siteMetadata'

export default function BlogComments({ slug }: { slug: string }) {
  return <Comments commentsConfig={commentsConfig as CommentsConfig} slug={slug} />
}

You can also use the individual comments components directly.

Giscus

import { Giscus, GiscusProps } from 'pliny/comments/Giscus'

export default function BlogComments(props: GiscusProps) {
  return <Giscus {...props} />
}

Disqus

import { Disqus, DisqusProps } from 'pliny/comments/Disqus'

export default function BlogComments(props: DisqusProps) {
  return <Disqus {...props} />
}

Utterances

import { Utterances, UtterancesProps } from 'pliny/comments/Utterances'

export default function BlogComments(props: UtterancesProps) {
  return <Utterances {...props} />
}

Newsletter

The Newsletter component provides a Next 13 API route to integrate a newsletter subscription API with various providers. E.g. in app/api/newsletter/route.ts

import { NewsletterAPI } from 'pliny/newsletter'
import siteMetadata from '@/data/siteMetadata'

const handler = NewsletterAPI({
  provider: '', // Use one of mailchimp, buttondown, convertkit, klaviyo emailOctopus
})

export { handler as GET, handler as POST }

You can then send a POST request to the API route with a body with the email - { email: 'new_email@gmail.com' }. See the NewsletterForm component in pliny/ui/NewsletterForm for an example.

Search

The Search component provides an easy interface to switch between different search providers. If you are using algolia, you will need to import the css file as well - import 'pliny/search/algolia.css'.

import { SearchProvider, SearchConfig } from 'pliny/search'

export default function Layout() {
  return <SearchProvider searchConfig={searchConfig as SearchConfig}>...</SearchProvider>
}

You can also use the individual search components directly.

Kbar

You can pass in an optional defaultActions to kbarConfig to customize the default actions. See Kbar documentation for more details.

import { KBarSearchProvider } from 'pliny/search/KBar'

export default function Layout() {
  return <KBarSearchProvider kbarConfig={{ searchDocumentsPath: 'abc' }}>...</KBarSearchProvider>
}

Use KBarButton to add a button which toggles the command palette on click event.

import { KBarButton } from 'pliny/search/KBarButton'

export default function SearchButton() {
  return (
    <KBarButton aria-label="Search Content">
      <svg
        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
        fill="none"
        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
        strokeWidth={1.5}
        stroke="currentColor"
        className="w-6 h-6"
      >
        <path
          strokeLinecap="round"
          strokeLinejoin="round"
          d="M21 21l-5.197-5.197m0 0A7.5 7.5 0 105.196 5.196a7.5 7.5 0 0010.607 10.607z"
        />
      </svg>
    </KBarButton>
  )
}

Algolia

import 'pliny/search/algolia.css'
import { AlgoliaSearchProvider } from 'pliny/search/Algolia'

export default function Layout() {
  return (
    <AlgoliaSearchProvider
      algoliaConfig={{
        appId: 'R2IYF7ETH7',
        apiKey: '599cec31baffa4868cae4e79f180729b',
        indexName: 'docsearch',
      }}
    >
      ...
    </AlgoliaSearchProvider>
  )
}

Use AlgoliaButton to add a button which toggles the command palette on click event.

import { AlgoliaButton } from 'pliny/search/AlgoliaButton'

export default function SearchButton() {
  return (
    <AlgoliaButton aria-label="Search Content">
      <svg
        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
        fill="none"
        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
        strokeWidth={1.5}
        stroke="currentColor"
        className="w-6 h-6"
      >
        <path
          strokeLinecap="round"
          strokeLinejoin="round"
          d="M21 21l-5.197-5.197m0 0A7.5 7.5 0 105.196 5.196a7.5 7.5 0 0010.607 10.607z"
        />
      </svg>
    </AlgoliaButton>
  )
}

MDX plugins

Add the plugins to remarkPlugins in contentlayer or other MDX processors.

Remark Extract Frontmatter

Extracts frontmatter from markdown file and adds it to the file's data object. Used to pass frontmatter fields to subsequent remark / rehype plugins.

Remark code title

Parses title from code block and inserts it as a sibling title node.

Remark Img To Jsx

Converts markdown image nodes to next/image jsx.

Remark TOC Headings

Extracts TOC headings from markdown file and adds it to the file's data object. Alternatively, it also exports a extractTocHeadings function which can be used within contentlayer to create a computedField with the TOC headings.

MDX components

While these can be used in any React code, they can also be passed down as MDXComponents and used within MDX files.

Bleed

Useful component to break out of a constrained-width layout and fill the entire width.

Pre / Code block

Simple code block component with copy to clipboard button.

TOCInline

Table of contents component which can be used within a markdown file. asDisclosure will wrap the TOC in a details element with a summary element. collapse will collapse the TOC when AsDisclosure is true. Modify the list style by passing in a ulClassName and liClassName prop. For example, if you are using Tailwind css and want to revert to the default HTML list style set ulClassName="[&_ul]:list-[revert]" and you want to change styles of your list items liClassName="underline decoration-sky-500" .

NewsletterForm / BlogNewsletterForm

Newsletter form component to add a subscriber to your mailing list.