v10.1.0

10.1.0

Easier to setup, more accessible to use

Storybook 10.1 focuses on two key improvements: installation and accessibility:

• ♿ UI overhaul to fix hundreds of a11y issues
• 🧑‍💻 CLI overhaul for faster, more reliable install
• ✅ Checklist-based onboarding guide for new users

The release also contains compatibility fixes for:

• 🅰️ Angular 21 support
• 🦀 RSbuild install support in CLI
• ⚡️ Preact support for Vitest addon

Finally, it contains two highly-requested experimental features:

• 📋 Component manifest for Storybook MCP
• ⚛️ Improved JSX code snippets for React

List of all updates

• A11y: Add aria-selected attribute to tab buttons - #32656, thanks @Nischit-Ekbote!
• A11y: Make search clear button keyboard accessible - #32590, thanks @ritoban23!
• Addon-Vitest: Ensure Storybook starts correctly across platforms by using shell in spawn - #33116, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• Angular: Add preset entry point for framework - #33154, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• Angular: Add support for v21 - #33098, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• Angular: Don't kill dev command by using observables - #33185, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• Angular: Migrate from RxJS to async/await in command builders and run Compodoc utility as spinner - #33156, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• Angular: Replace deprecated import of ApplicationConfig - #33125, thanks @EtiennePasteur!
• Automigration: Update description and link for addon-a11y-addon-test - #33133, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• Build: Add Rsbuild-based sandboxes - #33039, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• Build: Fix async telemetry event sending - #33115, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• Build: Update dependencies in yarn.lock and clean up comments - #33089, thanks @ndelangen!
• Checklist: Autocomplete "See what's new" on URL navigation - #33167, thanks @ghengeveld!
• Checklist: Data improvements - #33129, thanks @ghengeveld!
• CLI: Change yarn package manager value to yarn1 - #33099, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Fix 'beforeVersion' evaluation for Storybook package - #33141, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Fix access to getOptionValue in postAction hook - #33119, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Fix framework config validation path and messages - #33146, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Fix passing flags for bun users during init - #33166, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Fix Vitest v3 installs and refactor AddonVitestService; align create‑storybook usage - #33131, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: In csf-factories codemod only remove types which are unused - #33020, thanks @yannbf!
• CLI: Minor improvements - #33180, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Modernize Storybook CLI with new init workflow, Clack UI, and Generator System - #32717, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Standardize debug log messages across the application - #33123, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Update clack - #33151, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Update compatibility guidance link in summary message - #33117, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Update postAction hook to use command parameter for logfile retrieval - #33137, thanks @valentinpalkovic!
• CLI: Update upgrade message - #33182, thanks @yannbf!
• Core: Fix `getDocsUrl` for canary versions - #33128, thanks @ghengeveld!
• Core: Fix testing widget focus outline - #33172, thanks @ghengeveld!
• Core: Improve globbing using dynamic CWD - #32990, thanks @ia319!
• Core: Rename `Listbox` component to `ActionList` and use it in `TagsFilterPanel` - #33140, thanks @ghengeveld!
• Core: Significantly improve Storybook's own accessibility - #32458, thanks @Sidnioulz!
• Core: Update `getDocsUrl` to add a default `ref` param and set `guide` as ref for links in the Guide - #33111, thanks @ghengeveld!
• Guide: Collapse checklist items by default - #33160, thanks @ghengeveld!
• Guide: Hide items for which their required feature is disabled (controls, viewport, interactions) - #33113, thanks @ghengeveld!
• Maintenance: Enable syntax minification for dead code elimination - #33001, thanks @mrginglymus!
• Manager: Added tokens and a dark color scheme for status colors - #33081, thanks @MichaelArestad!
• Middleware: Prepend `file://` to middleware `import` for Windows support - #32955, thanks @ndelangen!
• Onboarding: Guided tour checklist - #32795, thanks @ghengeveld!
• React: Add isPackage flag to component imports for better package identification - #33090, thanks @kasperpeulen!
• React: Add manifests/components.html page - #32905, thanks @kasperpeulen!
• React: Change examples to stories in manifests and show correct examples and prop types - #32908, thanks @kasperpeulen!
• React: Experimental code examples - #32813, thanks @kasperpeulen!
• React: Implement manifests/component.json for React - #32751, thanks @kasperpeulen!
• React: Improve automatic component, automatic imports, support barrel files and enhance story filtering - #32939, thanks @kasperpeulen!
• React: Improve error handling of component manifest generation - #32855, thanks @kasperpeulen!
• React: Improve error messages in component manifest - #32954, thanks @kasperpeulen!
• React: Improve import rewriting when tsconfig paths are used - #33072, thanks @kasperpeulen!
• Remove yarn esbuild pnp plugin - #33097, thanks @mrginglymus!
• Theming: Set `themes.normal` according to user preference and export `getPreferredColorScheme` - #28721, thanks @elisezhg!
• UI: Add padding for ArgsTable shadow in TabbedArgsTable - #33034, thanks @Sidnioulz!
• UI: Add VRTs to FileSearchModal in light theme - #33022, thanks @Sidnioulz!
• UI: Fix crashes in Select when passed falsy non-string options - #33164, thanks @Sidnioulz!
• UI: Fix regression on addon panel empty content fontsize - #33021, thanks @Sidnioulz!
• UI: Fix trivial RefBlocks ARIA violations - #33026, thanks @Sidnioulz!
• UI: Improve status handling in sidebar nodes - #32965, thanks @yannbf!
• UI: Increase border contrast of Checkbox, Radio, and Range - #33064, thanks @MichaelArestad!
• UI: Refocus search input after clearing it - #33165, thanks @Sidnioulz!
• UI: Rework default background of Color swatch for dark mode - #33023, thanks @Sidnioulz!
• Upgrade: Satellite compatible with 10.1 prerelease - #32877, thanks @ndelangen!