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shadcn/ui
4.5 / 5
UI components that aren't installed: you copy them into your project and they're yours. Accessibility solved with Radix and styling with Tailwind. This site's design system is built on that basis.
shadcn/ui inverts the component-library model: instead of installing a dependency you can't touch, the code is copied into your repository and you adapt it without asking permission. The hard part (accessibility, keyboard, focus) comes solved by Radix underneath.
For a design system of your own it's the perfect starting point: this site's DS starts from these primitives and recomposes them with the brand tokens. The honest trade-off: since you own the code, upstream updates don't arrive on their own; maintaining it becomes your job.
PROS
- The code is yours: customization without limits
- Serious accessibility out of the box (Radix)
- An ideal starting point for a design system of your own
CONS
- No automatic updates: what you copied is maintained by hand
- It demands judgment: it's a base, not a closed library