Build FiveM UIs faster with fivem-ui-lib

Writing raw NUI callbacks involves repetitive fetch URLs, manual JSON parsing, and boilerplate event listeners. fivem-ui-lib wraps all of that in a clean API so you focus on your UI logic instead of the plumbing. This lesson sets up fivem-ui-lib and builds a working overlay in half the code of raw NUI.

You'll build: A NUI overlay using fivem-ui-lib - bidirectional Lua↔JS communication with clean .send() and .on() methods, plus in-game notifications.
Time: ~20 minutes
You need: A local FiveM server, basic HTML/JS knowledge, and the fivem-ui-lib from GitHub.
You'll learn: How fivem-ui-lib simplifies NUI development, the .send()/.on() pattern, built-in notifications, and how to skip boilerplate NUI code.

BEFORE YOU START

Build it

Get the library

fivem-ui-lib is in your resource folder.

Get it from GitHub: https://github.com/Jax-Danger/fivem-ui-lib

Or clone directly into your resource:

code

cd resources
git clone https://github.com/Jax-Danger/fivem-ui-lib.git

Set up the resource

Your resource loads the library alongside your NUI.

Build FiveM UIs faster with fivem-ui-lib

Build it

Get the library

Set up the resource

Use .send() and .on() for communication

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