shadcn/ui is a component library and code distribution platform built with TypeScript that provides beautifully designed, accessible UI components for web development. The project is designed to work across multiple frameworks and is distributed as open source code, allowing developers to customize, extend, and build upon the components to create their own component libraries. The repository is hosted at https://ui.shadcn.com and integrates with popular modern web development tools including React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, Vite, and Laravel.
The repository has achieved significant adoption in the developer community, with 118,082 stargazers as of the most recent GitGenius tracking period, having grown by one star since the previous check on July 5, 2026. The project maintains active engagement with 397 subscribers and demonstrates sustained community interest. The codebase is primarily written in TypeScript and is licensed under the MIT license, making it freely available for both commercial and personal use.
The project's issue and pull request activity reveals a large-scale operation with 3,427 tracked items. The median response latency for issues and pull requests is 0.0 hours, indicating rapid initial triage, though the mean latency of 1984.1 hours reflects the long tail of discussions and implementations that some items undergo. The most frequently applied issue labels are bug with 1,886 occurrences, Stale with 799 occurrences, and stale? with 662 occurrences, suggesting the maintainers actively manage issue lifecycle and prevent stagnation in the tracker.
shadcn, the primary maintainer, has logged 5,723 events in the GitGenius tracking system, demonstrating substantial personal involvement in the project's development and maintenance. Additional contributors Jacksonmills and Wolfr have recorded 76 and 50 events respectively, indicating a core team structure around the primary maintainer. The project's contributor base overlaps with major open source repositories including microsoft/vscode, microsoft/typescript, and rust-lang/rust, suggesting that developers working on shadcn/ui often contribute to or maintain other significant open source projects.
The component library is classified across multiple domain categories including tailwind css integration, ui kit design, react components, component library architecture, design systems, and frontend development tools. This broad classification reflects the project's positioning as a comprehensive solution for building modern user interfaces. The documentation is centrally located at https://ui.shadcn.com/docs, providing developers with guidance on implementation and customization. The repository includes a contributing guide that outlines the process for community contributions, supporting the open development model that characterizes the project.
