shadcn/ui Has Free Copy-Paste Components That Replace Every UI Library

MUI is bloated. Chakra forces its styling system. Ant Design looks like every other enterprise app. shadcn/ui takes a different approach — instead of installing a package, you COPY components into your project. You own the code. You customize everything. What shadcn/ui Gives You for Free 50+ components — Button, Dialog, Table, Form, Chart, and more Copy-paste, not install — components live in YOUR codebase Radix UI primitives — accessible, unstyled foundations Tailwind CSS — style with utility classes you already know CLI tool — npx shadcn@latest add button copies the component Themes — customize colors, radius, fonts via CSS variables TypeScript — fully typed, customizable Quick Start npx shadcn@latest init This sets up your project with Tailwind CSS, CSS variables, and a components/ui directory. Adding Components # Add individual components npx shadcn@latest add button npx shadcn@latest add dialog npx shadcn@latest add table npx shadcn@latest add form # The code goes into YOUR projec