Abap2UI5

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</details> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.abap2ui5.org" target="_blank"><img src="https://github.com/abap2UI5/abap2UI5/assets/102328295/52ac0bb6-a219-4e9d-9e4f-62698dab3063" width="200"></a></p> <p align="center"> <strong>Build UI5 Apps Purely in ABAP – no JavaScript, OData, or RAP needed.</strong> </p> <p align="center"> Just like the good old days when Selection Screens & ALVs could create full UIs with a few lines of ABAP code. Designed with a minimal system footprint, it works in both on-premise and cloud environments. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="http://abap2UI5.org">📚 Documentation</a> • <a href="https://github.com/abap2UI5/abap2UI5-samples">🎯 Samples</a> • <a href="https://github.com/abap2UI5/abap2UI5/issues">💬 Issues</a> • <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/abap2ui5">🔗 LinkedIn</a> • <a href="https://communityinviter.com/apps/abapgit/abap">👥 Slack</a> • <a href="https://abap2ui5.github.io/docs/resources/sponsor.html">💖 Sponsor</a> </p>

Key Features

• User-Friendly - Just implement one interface for a standalone UI5 app – all purely in ABAP
• Minimal Footprint - Needs only a simple HTTP handler - no BSP, OData, CDS, or RAP
• Cloud & On-Premise Ready - Works with ABAP Cloud and Standard ABAP
• Broad Compatibility - Supports all ABAP releases from NW 7.02 to ABAP Cloud
• Easy Installation - Install via abapGit – no extra app deployment needed

Quick Start

Ready to build your first app? Check out the Getting Started Guide and jump in with the following code:

CLASS zcl_my_app DEFINITION PUBLIC.
  PUBLIC SECTION.
    INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
ENDCLASS.

CLASS zcl_my_app IMPLEMENTATION.
  METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
    client->message_box_display( `Hello World` ).
  ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.

That's it – your first UI5 app is ready and abap2UI5 handles the rest! 🎉

References

• Webinar on Launchpad Integration (YouTube - 30.07.2025)
• Featured on SAP Developer News (YouTube - 21.03.2025)
• Webinar on Creating UI5 UIs from ABAP with abap2UI5 (YouTube - 12.12.2024)
• Highlighted in the Boring Enterprise Nerdletter (YouTube) (Newsletter - 11.12.2024)
• Webinar on Developing UI5 Apps with abap2UI5 (YouTube - 07.11.2024)
• Featured on SAP Developer News (YouTube - 14.06.2024)
• Check out Cust&Code Videos with abap2UI5 (YouTube - 20.05.2024)
• Running abap2UI5 Backend in Browser (LinkedIn - 02.04.2024)
• Highlighted in the Boring Enterprise Nerdcast (YouTube - 29.01.2024)
• Featured on SAP Developer News (YouTube - 15.12.2023)
• Advent of Code 2023 with abap2UI5 (SAP Community - 27.11.2023)
• Showcased at SAP TechEd 2023 (YouTube - 02.11.2023)
• Part of the SAP Developer Code Challenge (SAP Community - 17.05.2023)
• Highlighted in the Boring Enterprise Nerdletter (YouTube) (Newsletter - 08.03.2023)
• Featured on SAP Developer News (YouTube - 26.01.2023)

Credits

This project thrives thanks to its contributors and these awesome tools:

• Code versioning & distribution via abapGit (contributors)
• Static Code Checks via abaplint (contributors)
• Unit Testing via open-abap (contributors)
• JSON handling through ajson (sbcgua)
• Runtime serialization using S-RTTI (sandrarossi)
• ABAP Cloud & Standard compatibility with Steampunkification (contributors)
• Syntax downporting via the downport branch by abaplint (larshp)
• Namespace renaming via the renamed repository by abaplint (larshp)
• Browser testing with Playwright (contributors)
• Live demos running via web-abap2ui5-samples (larshp)
• Code cleanup with ABAP Cleaner (contributors)
• Documentation created with VitePress (contributors)

Get involved

We welcome all contributions! Here's how you can help:

• Issues - Report issues and provide feedback
• Contribution - Contribute code and documentation
• LinkedIn - Follow abap2UI5 for updates and community highlights
• Sponsor - Sponsor our work to support ongoing innovation

Share your knowledge, hunt for bugs, submit a PR, write a comment, give us a ⭐, or tell your friends about abap2UI5. Every contribution counts! 🙏