Shadcn Registry Directory (Top Blocks)

High-signal shadcn/ui-compatible registries for marketing, app, and dashboard surfaces. Install via vendor CLI (npx shadcn@latest add ...) or each registry's copy/registry flow per docs.

Rankings reflect Kevin's working set plus OrcDev's April 2026 "top 5" list (76 bookmarks). Not an objective benchmark.

OrcDev top-five permalink set (2026-04-16): shadcnblocks, shadcnstudio, shadcnspace, pro.reactbits.dev, tailark. Source: X/@orcdev, 2026-04-16

Complete July 4 source-set decision

The X list contains ten useful sources, not ten interchangeable free libraries. Keep and route them all: Blocks.so for app/product blocks, Tailark for marketing, 8bitcn for deliberate retro art direction, Kibo for dense functional widgets, Intent UI for React Aria behavior, SmoothUI for Motion-based components with unusually visible tests and reduced-motion work, UI-Layouts for broad source/effect discovery, Shadcn Blocks for maximum commercial catalog breadth, Shadcn Studio for theme/template/Figma/AI/MCP workflows, and Shadcn Space for Base/Radix-aware app/dashboard layouts.

The adoption unit is one inspected registry item, not the catalog. Verify its payload, dependencies, source availability, exact license or paid plan, accessibility, reduced motion, responsive states, and visual fit, then copy and retokenize locally. MCP and CLI convenience are mutation surfaces, not quality or trust proofs. Source: X 2073434416949678314; .brain/artifacts/x/2073434416949678314/shadcn-source-set/capture-manifest.md, 2026-08-11

OrcDev Top-Five Review

The 2026-06-30 deep review treats the tweet as a source set, not a single tool. Use the five links by screen type:

Versioning notes: shadcnstudio/shadcn-studio exposes v1.0.0, alpha, and beta tags; latest observed HEAD was 064aa98f3790644052567ae4def4bd574e0937b1 on 2026-06-30. shadcnspace/shadcnspace was MIT-licensed, actively pushed on 2026-06-30, and had latest observed HEAD 31dfdc30bae9db4c4da0b32d7c95ae47eaf916b4 with no tags returned by git ls-remote. These are source snapshots for routing, not dependency pins.

Custom Registry Distribution

Official shadcn registry docs define the registry as a code distribution system: registries can distribute components, hooks, pages, config, rules, and other files, and are not limited to React. The June 2026 GitHub registries update makes a public GitHub repository installable through shadcn by adding a root registry.json; items can include design tokens, feature kits, project conventions, agent instructions, testing setup, CI workflows, release workflows, templates, codemods, and migration kits. Source: shadcn registry docs, 2026-07-03; Source: shadcn GitHub Registries changelog, 2026-06

Chanh Dai Components is the visual proof point for this route. The bookmark shows a custom registry embedded in a portfolio: the local artifact is a bento of reusable controls and showcase cards, not a generic landing page. Snapshot as of 2026-07-03: shadcn@4.13.0 is latest on npm; @shadcn/registry is not a public npm package, so the versioned surface is the shadcn CLI plus registry docs/schema, not a separate registry package. Source: X/@iamncdai, 2026-05-05; Source: npm registry, 2026-07-03

Domain-specific registries (not marketing blocks): the shadcn CLI now distributes whole component systems beyond DOM UI.

Source: platejs.org/docs, 2026-06-10 Source: remocn.dev, 2026-06-12

Dashboard Blocks visual notes

The @shabanhr launch artifact included four dashboard screenshots, not just a product claim. They show dense dark-mode analytics layouts with left navigation, toolbar controls, KPI rows, chart-heavy cards, budget/progress panels, funnel/pie/heatmap widgets, and date/filter/customize controls. The site advertises 10 dashboard blocks, with free/pro labeling in the page data and registry component payloads. This is a dashboard composition reference: use it before hand-rolling admin/analytics screens, then retokenize for the target product and verify responsive density. Source: X/@shabanhr, 2026-05-22; efferd.com/blocks/dashboard, 2026-06-30

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Timeline

• 2026-08-11 | Replayed OrcDev's complete top-ten source, retained every catalog, and sharpened the four under-described routes: Aceternity for motion-heavy landing work, Magic UI for open-source animated effects, Shadcn UI Kit for paid admin/app breadth, and Skiper for mixed free/premium interaction fragments. The Shipper Club follow-up remains a commercial community edge, not component proof. Source: X/@orcdev; Source: primary sites and capture manifest, 2026-08-11

• 2026-08-11 | Force-recovered all ten sources from X 2073434416949678314, inspected the local title card, froze ten primary repositories, and replaced the blanket free-library claim with job-specific selection and exact source/plan/license/proof gates. Source: .brain/artifacts/x/2073434416949678314/shadcn-source-set/capture-manifest.md

• 2026-07-06 | Refreshed the shadcn registry directory with Kevin's extra source list: Blocks.so, Tailark, 8bitcn, Kibo UI, Intent UI, SmoothUI, UI-Layouts, Shadcn Blocks, Shadcn Studio, and Shadcn Space. Source: User request, 2026-07-06

• 2026-07-04 | Added Hit Area as a domain-specific shadcn registry utility for accessibility-oriented hit-area expansion. The item has no separate public package version; shadcn@4.13.0 is the current CLI install surface. Source: bazza.dev registry JSON, 2026-07-04

• 2026-07-03 | Added the custom-registry distribution route from Chánh Đại's portfolio bookmark and current shadcn docs. Verified shadcn@4.13.0 as the CLI snapshot, noted that @shadcn/registry is not a public npm package, and linked GitHub registries as the current source-registry path. Source: X/@iamncdai, 2026-05-05; Source: shadcn docs/npm registry, 2026-07-03

• 2026-07-02 | Added ReUI's free shadcn/ui Figma Design System to the domain-specific companion table as a Figma/token/state reference, not a code registry or package. Source: X/@reui_io, 2026-06-18

• 2026-06-26 | Added Blocks.so, Chanh Dai Components, and Evil Charts to the registry/block discovery surface so design-system packs expose them directly. Source: User request, 2026-06-26

• 2026-06-30 | Deep-reviewed OrcDev's top-five shadcn-registry bookmark one by one: Shadcn Blocks, Shadcn Studio, Shadcn Space, React Bits Pro, and Tailark. Added artifact cards, refreshed routing by screen type, and recorded GitHub version/source snapshots for Shadcn Studio and Shadcn Space. Source: X/@orcdev, 2026-04-16

• 2026-06-13 | Ecosystem context: shadcn shipped a preset system (--preset / shadcn apply, Mar–Apr 2026) that packages a whole design-system config into a swappable, agent-aware code. Cited in Sigil UI's External validation as convergence on Sigil's preset-as-primitive bet. Source: shadcn/ui changelog, 2026-06-13

• 2026-05-11 | Table captured from Kevin list. Source: User, 2026-05-11

• 2026-05-22 | Dashboard Blocks (@shabanhr): registry-ready shadcn analytics blocks, light and dark, Base UI plus Radix compatible, icon-library agnostic. Candidate registry row. 1,462 likes, 1,910 bookmarks. Source: X/@shabanhr, 2026-05-22

• 2026-06-01 | Expanded registry notes from enriched shadcn cluster bookmark 2044675700490174926 (shadcnblocks, shadcnstudio, shadcnspace, tailark, reactbits pro). Source: compiled from enrichment, 2026-06-01

• 2026-06-10 | Added domain-specific registry note for Plate (PlateJS) (Plate) — shadcn-CLI rich-text editor registry with AI + MCP. Source: User capture, 2026-06-10

• 2026-06-12 | Added domain-specific registries Remocn (Remotion video, ~526★) and Mapcn (MapLibre maps, ~9,555★); OrcDev "top 10" reaffirmed the marketing-block set (Shadcn Blocks, React Bits, Shadcn Studio, Tailark, Aceternity). Source: X/@orcdev, 2026-05-07

• 2026-06-12 | Promoted Dashboard Blocks (@shabanhr) from candidate to the domain-specific registries table (analytics dashboards). Source: X/@shabanhr, 2026-05-22

• 2026-06-30 | Deep artifact review inspected all four Dashboard Blocks images and the live Efferd page. Kept it as a registry-directory row, added the source artifact card and visual notes, and recorded that it is a composition/reference source rather than an executable skill. Source: X bookmark artifact 2057754739392291170; https://efferd.com/blocks/dashboard