Astro Hacker News - Shadcn/UI: A set of beautifully designed components that you can customize

threatofrain |next [-]

Is there any news for shadcn? Otherwise I'm not sure there's much point to surfacing one of the most visible libraries in the ecosystem.

ben8bit |root |parent [-]

Yea, was wondering this too.

quadral |next |previous [-]

The epitome of all LLM generated websites. I used to use ShadCN but when every LLM defaults to using this UI, it just makes mine look LLM generated.

franky47 |root |parent |next [-]

The whole point of shadcn/ui is that it’s customisable (that’s why the components are copied into your app as opposed to installed from a central npm package).

This is made easier with the /create UI: https://ui.shadcn.com/create

People use it like a design system, but it’s more like a design system for design systems.

threatofrain |root |parent [-]

The reason why customizing has some mild disincentive is because as you install more components, all the other new components won't be aware of your changes. Otherwise it's a great start for a custom design system.

super256 |root |parent |next |previous [-]

You can easily change the theme by changing the css variables. You might want to take a look at https://tweakcn.com/

QuantumNomad_ |root |parent [-]

Ironically that site has a paid AI option.

tyleo |root |parent |previous [-]

That's funny. I thought ShadCN was LLM generated when I saw this thread and clicked the link. I didn't realize it was the ancestor of all the other stuff.

dankobgd |next |previous [-]

The most overrated ui lib in last 15 years

ben8bit |previous [-]

We initially looked into using shadcn/radix - but it's quite bloated. Maybe even warranted with all the a11y accommodations - even the official W3C ARIA examples are not straightforward (most of the time).