If you're building with React or Next.js, you've probably heard of the incredible shadcn/ui. It revolutionized how we build component libraries by moving away from traditional packages and towards a copy-paste-and-own-your-code philosophy. It gives us beautiful, accessible, and unopinionated building blocks.
But as our applications grow, we often find ourselves building the same complex components over and over again on top of shadcn/ui's primitives. Think of action buttons, reorderable lists, or even signature pads. These are common needs, but they take significant time to build, test, and maintain.
What if we could extend the shadcn/ui philosophy to these more complex components?
That's why we built Shadix UI.
What is Shadix UI?
Shadix UI is a curated collection of advanced, ready-to-use components built on top of Shadcn/UI and Radix UI. It's designed to seamlessly integrate into your existing projects, saving you hours of development time.
We follow the same principle: you own the code. Just like shadcn/ui, you can use their CLI to add components directly to your codebase, giving you full control to customize them to your heart's content.
A Glimpse of What You Can Build
We're not just talking about styled buttons. Shadix UI provides components that solve real-world UI challenges. Just take a look at those components:
Why Not Just Build Them Myself?
You absolutely could! The beauty of shadcn/ui is that it empowers you to. But building these components takes time. Time for logic, styling, accessibility, and testing. Shadix UI is about community and collaboration. We've done the heavy lifting for you, so you can focus on what makes your application unique.
Think of us as the next layer in your component toolbox—a natural extension of the shadcn/ui ecosystem.
Getting Started
Ready to give it a spin? Head over to our website to browse the components and read the documentation:
Installation is simple and familiar. You can add components one by one using shadcn CLI, ensuring your project stays lean.
How to Contribute
Shadix UI is an open-source project, and we welcome contributions from the community! Whether you want to fix a bug, add a new component, or improve the documentation, your help is valuable. Check out our Contributing Guide on GitHub to get started. We're excited to see what you'll build with us.
Help Us Grow!
We're incredibly proud of what we've built, and we believe it can help a lot of developers. This is where you come in!
If you find Shadix UI useful, here are a few ways you can help us grow:
- Share it: Tweet about it, share it with your team, or mention it in your favorite Discord community.
- Give us a Star: Head over to our GitHub repository and give us a star. It helps with visibility.
- Link to us: If you use Shadix UI in a project or write about it in a blog post or tutorial, please consider adding a backlink to our website. It's the single most effective way to help others discover the library.
We're just getting started and have many more components planned. We'd love to hear your feedback and ideas.
Happy coding!
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