Shadcn/UI: A set of beautifully designed components that you can customize

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Post by doener » Sat, May 02, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC

Shadcn/UI: A set of beautifully designed components that you can customize
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Post by quadral » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC

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.

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Post by threatofrain » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC

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.

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Post by super256 » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:27 AM UTC

quadral wrote: post #2

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.

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

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Post by franky47 » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC

quadral wrote: post #2

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.

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.

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Post by tyleo » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC

quadral wrote: post #2

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.

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.

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Post by dankobgd » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC

The most overrated ui lib in last 15 years

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Post by nate8bit » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC

threatofrain wrote: post #3

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.

Yea, was wondering this too.

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Post by QuantumNomad_ » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC

super256 wrote: post #4

quadral wrote: post #2

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.

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

Ironically that site has a paid AI option.

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Post by nate8bit » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC

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).