shadcn/ui
Copy-paste React components you own and customize
shadcn/ui is profiled here as a Frontend tool for engineering teams. Read about features, pricing, and how it compares to related options in the tools directory.
Description
shadcn/ui is an open-source component collection created by the developer known as shadcn, who joined Vercel in 2024. It distributes accessible components built on Radix UI and Tailwind CSS as source code that a CLI copies straight into the project, so the team owns and edits the files with no runtime package dependency. The same registry model now lets organizations publish and share their own component libraries. The approach spread quickly across the React community and changed how many teams distribute and own component code. Because the files sit in the repository, teams patch behavior directly without waiting on an upstream package release.
Key Capabilities:
Component source copied into the codebase through a CLI
Accessible primitives built on Radix UI and styled with Tailwind CSS
Full ownership of component code for unrestricted customization
Theming with CSS variables and dark mode support
Registry system for publishing custom component libraries
MIT license with framework support across React and Next.js
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