Side project · 2026

Hiddo, the first Somali UI library

The open foundation for Somali digital products. I'm preparing v1.

Work in progress. What you see here is early inspiration, not the finished library.

What: UI library
Status: Preparing v1
Tools: Figma

The Hiddo cover: the word Hiddo, with bands of blue, red, gold, black with white diamonds, and purple — Hiddo v1, the cover.

Why

I want Somali products to start from here, not be translated at the end. So Hiddo starts with Somali labels, the mobile money people actually use (EVC Plus, Zaad, Sahal, e-Dahab), and dates in both the Gregorian and Hijri calendars.

A grid of short Somali words for app labels, like Guri for Home and Raadi for Search, each marked ready or test — Erayo gaaban, short words. One word for each label, from Somali every generation already speaks.A word marked “test” ships only after 8 of 10 people get it right in three age groups: 55+, 30–50 and 16–25.

A bottom sheet titled Dooro halka laga bixinayo, listing EVC Plus, Zaad, Sahal and e-Dahab — Choosing where to pay from, with the wallets people use.

A date picker for Oktoobar 2026, with the Hijri date under every day — One date picker for both calendars. Friday is marked, and Maanta takes you back to today.

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Hiddo, the first Somali UI library · Mohamed Bashir