Developing

June 2, 2026 · View on GitHub

Please also read CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md.

Prerequisites

Node.js 22+
npm 10+
Docker or Podman (for container image builds)
A running API server

Core Technologies

Technology	Purpose
Vue 2	UI framework
Vue CLI	Build tooling
BootstrapVue	Component library
CoreUI	Admin template
Vue Router	Routing
vue-i18n	Localization
Axios	HTTP client
ESLint	Linting
Prettier	Formatting

Install

npm ci

Dev Server

npm run serve

Defaults to http://localhost:8080, incrementing the port if it is already in use (e.g. 8081). The API base URL is configured at runtime via public/static/config.json.

Build

npm run build

Output is written to dist/.

Container Image

npm run build-image

Produces ghcr.io/dependencytrack/frontend:local.

Linting and Formatting

npm run eslint-fix
npm run prettier-fix

Localization

Locale files live in src/i18n/locales.

Adding a key:

Add it to en.json with the English translation.
Add the same key with a null value to every other locale file.
Run npm run prettier-fix to sort keys.

Reports and cleanup:

npm run vue-i18n-extract
npm run remove-unused-i18n