Online Event: Exploring Contributed Single Directory Components (SDCs) in Drupal

Staff Reporter

Alejandro Madrigal Leiva will host an online session on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 21:00 UTC, exploring ideas for achieving contributed Single Directory Components (SDCs) in Drupal. The session is aimed at developers and themers working with Drupal’s theming system and SDCs.

Alejandro has raised the question of whether it is possible to provide a mechanism for contributing components without packaging them as a module or theme. While those existing approaches work, he expressed interest in exploring alternatives. One idea under consideration is to place components in a separate folder outside of themes or modules, allowing Drupal to recognise them in a way similar to recipes. Another possibility is enabling Project Browser to locate contributed SDCs.

The session will involve testing and discussing these ideas in real time.

The discussion builds on a Drupal.org issue and a thread in the Drupal Slack workspace.

The event is open to anyone interested in Drupal theming, SDCs, and new approaches to component contribution.

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