Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by zeroq » Tue, May 13, 2025, 5:21 PM UTC

>> Works with any backend

Have you fully tested it with Solaris or AIX? /s

Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by exiguus » Tue, May 13, 2025, 5:36 PM UTC

> Why I built it: after moving from a Next.js stack back to Flask + Tailwind + HTMX, I missed shadcn/ui and didn’t want walls of Tailwind classes (like Flowbite or Preline).

I understand that Next.js can feel bloated, especially when used as a static site generator or within a classic JAMStack setup.

Basecoatui reminds me a bit of Bootstrap during the golden era of Ruby on Rails.

I took a look at the Git repository and tried to find an automated solution to convert shadcn to plain HTML but didn't find anything suitable. Is there a script available for this, or was this done manually?

Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 13, 2025, 5:38 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by codybontecou » Tue, May 13, 2025, 5:39 PM UTC

BenderV wrote: post #2

Awesome. Using Vue/Tailwind, I'm definitely interested in this. Maybe you could try to add examples of integrations with others frameworks? I'll play with it and give you my 2 cents.

Not sure if you're aware, but there's a well-supported Vue ShadCN library: https://www.shadcn-vue.com/

Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by tegdude » Tue, May 13, 2025, 5:41 PM UTC

Thank you! I was searching for this exact thing the other week.

Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by 7bit » Tue, May 13, 2025, 5:41 PM UTC

campak wrote: post #12

revskill wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And then ?

and then... that solves the issue of a Tailwind dep

If deps are a problem for you, don't use basecoat.

Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by jacktheturtle » Tue, May 13, 2025, 5:57 PM UTC

this is awesome, thanks for creating it

Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by edoceo » Tue, May 13, 2025, 6:03 PM UTC

o_m wrote: post #9

Why did you decide going old school using Alpine.js instead of using plain vanilla web components?

Alpine is old school now?

Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by Jonovono » Tue, May 13, 2025, 6:05 PM UTC

This is awesome. I did the same and have been using AlpineJS Pines UI library. Been pretty happy with it! But will take a look at this

Re: Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

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Post by czhu12 » Tue, May 13, 2025, 6:44 PM UTC

Really great! A major downside of moving from SPA's back to vanilla JS is how much you lose in terms of UI components.

I've normally done DaisyUI + Tailwind + Rails but it never feels quite right. Basecoat is a really nice step forward.

I have to imagine the author is planning to charge for a premium package at some point, but given that a huge % of development is spent on UI design, I'd be more than happy to pay for a year of updates.