Configurable Replacements for Empty States in User Interfaces

Persistent storage may contain a view template and a view configuration, wherein the view template specifies an arrangement of placeholders for graphical user interface components, wherein the view configuration specifies the graphical user interface components for the arrangement, and wherein the graphical user interface components include one or more image components, text components, or button components. One or more processors may be configured to: receive a request; retrieve data from the persistent storage; determine that the data specifies that no results responsive to the request are available; determine that an empty state is defined for when no results responsive to the request are available; generate replacement content for the empty state, wherein the replacement content includes the view template with references to at least one of the image components, text components, or button components overwriting the placeholders; and transmit, in a reply to the request, the replacement content.