Tokis: A Performance-First, Token-Native UI Library for Building Modern Design Systems

Tokis is an experimental UI library that takes a token-first approach, starting from design tokens (colors, spacing, typography) rather than components to maintain styling consistency as projects scale. It features zero runtime styling to avoid CSS-in-JS overhead and headless primitives that handle behavior like focus management and accessibility without enforcing visual styles. The project includes an interactive documentation playground and is positioned as an architectural experiment rather than a finished framework.