What is shadcn CLI 3.0 and MCP Server?
shadcn/ui is the foundation for your design system—A set of beautifully designed components that you can customize, extend, and build on. Use the shadcn CLI to add UI components to your project. Start here: npx shadcn@latest init
Problem
Users manually build UI components for their projects, which is time-consuming and leads to inconsistent design systems.
Solution
A CLI tool to add customizable UI components via one command (e.g., npx shadcn@latest init), enabling rapid integration of pre-built, design-system-aligned components.
Customers
Frontend developers, UI engineers, and teams building web applications requiring scalable design systems.
Unique Features
Offers unstyled, highly customizable components decoupled from a specific framework; integrates directly into projects via CLI without locking users into a proprietary ecosystem.
User Comments
Saves hours of UI development time
Highly customizable with Tailwind CSS
Streamlines design-system consistency
Simple CLI integration
Clean and modern component foundation
Traction
10k+ GitHub stars, 3M+ npm downloads monthly, 200+ components available, 15k+ active projects using it
Market Size
The global frontend component library market is projected to reach $1.5 billion by 2025 (Statista).
