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shadcn-ui/ui

A set of beautifully-designed, accessible components and a code distribution platform. Works with your favorite frameworks. Open Source. Open Code.

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  • ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • ✓In RepoPilot's curated trusted-corpus (29 projects)
  • ✓Last commit 1d ago
  • ✓59+ active contributors
  • ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 31% of recent commits)
  • ✓MIT licensed
  • ✓CI configured
  • ✓Tests present

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Repository brief

Repo brief: shadcn-ui/ui

Generated by RepoPilot · document generated 2026-09-16 · concise human review Evidence snapshot · analyzed 2026-09-16T13:08:51.961Z · commit 5c7072da672b

Verdict

Healthy — Healthy across all four use cases

  • In RepoPilot's curated trusted-corpus (29 projects)
  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 59+ active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 31% of recent commits)
  • 3 more receipts on the live page

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

shadcn/ui is a curated collection of copy-paste React/TypeScript components built on Radix UI and Tailwind CSS, distributed as a code library rather than an npm package. It solves the problem of bootstrapping accessible, customizable UI components by letting developers copy component source directly into their projects, maintaining full control over styling, behavior, and dependencies. The core innovation is a 'code distribution platform' that treats components as templates to be owned and modified, not locked black boxes. Monorepo with packages/ directory containing independent modules: packages/helpers/ houses framework-agnostic chat/stream utilities with three adapter layers (core,…

Start here

Read these in order:

  • packages/shadcn/src/migrations/cn/types.ts — Foundation: doesn't import anything internally and is imported by 10 other files. Read first to learn the vocabulary.
  • packages/helpers/src/core/types.ts — Foundation: imported by 8, no internal dependencies of its own.
  • packages/react/src/questionnaire/types.ts — Built on the foundation; imported by 8 downstream files.
  • packages/react/src/message-scroller/types.ts — Built on the foundation; imported by 6 downstream files.
  • packages/react/src/questionnaire/utils.ts — Layer 2 — composes lower-level code into reusable abstractions (imported 5×).

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

Clone and install: git clone https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui.git && cd ui. Check repository root for package.json or workspace configuration (not provided in data). Install with npm install or pnpm install (verify…

Daily commands:

Exact run commands not visible in provided data. Check root package.json scripts field and CONTRIBUTING.md for dev server startup. Likely: npm run dev or pnpm dev based on monorepo convention, but verify against act…

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Key cautions & unknowns

  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • No environment variables, service dependencies, or version constraints visible in provided data. Critical unknown: verify that root package.json exists and contains workspace configuration for monorepo setup (pnpm…
  • Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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