Elon is mining asteroids and I'm just sitting here making modals. Not even good modals. Just modals. For Inertia. Again.
Look, someone had to do it. And apparently that someone is me, a person who could have spent this time learning Rust, contributing to actual open source infrastructure, or at minimum touching grass. Instead, I present to you Inertia X UI — a UI component library for Inertia X, built with the same energy as a 2 AM "how hard could it be" decision.
What Is This, Exactly?
Inertia X is a drop-in replacement for Inertia's Svelte adapter — reactive, server-driven, and criminally underrated. It makes building modals, sidebars and drawers feel like a first-class citizen instead of an afterthought. This library is the UI layer on top of that.
The goal: give you the boring-but-essential stuff without making you write 40 lines of boilerplate every time you need a modal.
Okay But What Does It Actually Look Like?
<script>
import { modal } from 'inertiax-ui'
</script>
<a href="/posts/new" use:modal>Create post</a>
That's it. A Svelte action on a regular anchor tag. Your /posts/new route renders inside a modal. No wrapping component, no state management, no "did you register the plugin" moment. Just a link that opens as a modal because you said so.
Why You Should (Maybe) Care
- Zero extra mental model — if you know Inertia X, you already mostly know this
- It's just a link — progressive enhancement-friendly by nature
- Composable and lightweight — no 200kb runtime surprise hiding in your bundle
- Actively maintained — at least until I get distracted by something shiny
The Honest Part
This is a first attempt. Things will break. APIs will change. I will probably rename something at least once for no good reason. But it exists, it works, and it's on GitHub right now at buhrmi/inertiax-ui.
If you're building with Inertia X and want to not reinvent the modal wheel, give it a spin. PRs, issues, and mild criticism all welcome.
Meanwhile, Elon is definitely not reading this.
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