Overview:
Shadcn UI is a collection of react components that you copy and paste into your project. In 2023 Shadcn UI exploded in popularity and the author recently joined Vercel. Most component libraries are installed as an NPM dependancy however with Shadcn UI you copy and paste the code for each component into your own project.
This novel approach allows easier access inside the components and as such, they are easier to style and customise. Shadcn could be considered a "code generator". Users can either manually copy/paste several code snippets into their existing codebase, or they can use the Shadcn CLI tool which generates the code and creates the files inside your project.
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