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shadcn/ui
Beautifully designed components built with Radix UI and Tailwind CSS.
About shadcn/ui
shadcn/ui is a collection of re-usable components that you can copy and paste into your apps. Not a component library, you own the code.
Key Features
Copy/Paste Components
Radix UI
Tailwind CSS
Perfect For
Next.js apps
React apps with Tailwind
Design systems
Quick UI development
Getting Started
- 1
Run 'npx shadcn-ui@latest init'
- 2
Add components with CLI
- 3
Customize in your codebase
- 4
Components live in your project
What Makes shadcn/ui Different?
Not an NPM package (you own code)
Built on Radix UI primitives
Copy/paste approach
Highly customizable
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Own the code
- Customizable
- Accessible (Radix)
Cons
- Manual updates
- Tailwind required
- Not a package
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