Components

Components are Panelini-coupled building blocks that depend on the framework’s layout and reactive wiring. Unlike panels, a component typically can’t be used outside a Panelini app.

At the moment there are no active components — the AI chat moved from this layer to AI Chat Panel so it could be reused standalone.

When to write a component (vs a panel)

Choose component when:

• The code assumes specific regions exist (e.g. writes into the sidebar + main at once).

• It manipulates Panelini’s param surface directly.

• It only ever runs inside a Panelini shell.

Choose panel when:

• The code is a self-contained Panel viewable.

• It could be embedded in any Panel app.

• It bridges JavaScript via AnyWidget + Vue.

Panels are the default. Components are an escape hatch.

Contributing

Interested in adding one? The repository’s contributing guide has the details: CONTRIBUTING.md.