rafram 9 days ago

The Bootstrap of the 2020s. Just the default components people copy-paste into Tailwind-based SaaS apps.

ramon156 9 days ago

A customizable component library built on radix.

Not sure why this upsets people, is it because it's popular and therefore bad?

stravant 9 days ago

The key piece of the stack it gives you is sensible cross-platform component behaviors to put your styling / branding on to of.

icemelt8 9 days ago

default UI of the internet

  • deaux 9 days ago

    I'm being very pedantic here in true HN fashion, but at most it's the default UI of VC-funded B2B SaaS startups. 95% of the internet-using world never comes across shadcn UIs.

    • icemelt8 4 days ago

      not at all, Shadcn has been a game changer for all young, bootstrapped and individual developers. Who now have a professional looking UI available for free and easy to use.

      There are echo chambers and availability biases, it takes a bigger person to know that they live in one.

    • ivape 8 days ago

      It’s also looks like some shit you can make in a weekend. There must have been a boot camp behind pushing it.