shadcn/ui by shadcn-ui

A set of beautifully-designed, accessible components and a code distribution platform. Works with your favorite frameworks. Open Source. Open Code.

shadcn/ui interface screenshot from project README
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Verdict 77/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 9 days ago

Self-host shadcn/ui on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
77 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
114k
8.7k forks

About shadcn/ui

From the project's README at github.com/shadcn-ui/ui. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

A set of beautifully designed components that you can customize, extend, and build on. Start here then make it your own. Open Source. Open Code. Use this to build your own component library. Documentation

Visit https://ui.shadcn.com/docs to view the documentation. Contributing

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
100
maturity
80
community
72
security
85
sustainability
88
adoption
45

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 114k github.com/shadcn-ui/ui
GitHub forks 8.7k github.com/shadcn-ui/ui
NPM downloads (last month) 35k ui

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age3.3 yearssince Jan 2023
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped93last: 9 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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