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Show HN: Basecoat – shadcn/UI components, no React required

144 points hunvreus | 2 comments | 13 May 25 11:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source

Basecoat ports the upcoming shadcn/ui v4 [1] to plain HTML + Tailwind (no React):

- Live demo & documentation: https://basecoatui.com

- MIT‑licensed and free: https://github.com/hunvreus/basecoat/

- Works with any backend (Flask, Django, Rails, PHP, etc.) or static site.

- Fully theme‑compatible with shadcn/ui [2].

- Uses a sliver of Alpine.js only for a few interactive bits (e.g. combobox). Swap in your own JS if you prefer.

- Dead simple to use, just drop in a class here and there:

  <button class="btn" data-tooltip="This is a tooltip text">Click me</button>
Why I built it: after moving from a Next.js stack back to Flask + Tailwind + HTMX, I missed shadcn/ui and didn’t want walls of Tailwind classes (like Flowbite or Preline).

Feedback is most welcome: bugs, requests for components, criticism.

[1]: https://v4.shadcn.com/

[2]: https://basecoatui.com/installation/#install-theming

[3]: https://pagescms.org

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pacmanche ◴[13 May 25 15:30 UTC] No.43974037[source]▶
Now you just need to remove Tailwind
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1. hunvreus ◴[13 May 25 15:52 UTC] No.43974283[source]▶
If I offer a CDN version, it will be Tailwind-free.
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2. yawnxyz ◴[13 May 25 17:21 UTC] No.43975359[source]▶
Yes please! Even if we have to add the tailwind as a CDN, this would be useful — as we don't have to use npm / yarn to build the project anymore.

(I like building pure html files in alpine)