Best of shadcn — August 2025

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   Web Dev Simplified·36w

   Shadcn Finally Has MultiSelect!

   A developer creates a custom MultiSelect component for Shadcn UI library, addressing the missing functionality. The implementation combines Popover and Command components, uses React Context for state management, and employs clever techniques to handle component registration before rendering. Key challenges included making components work with Shadcn's declarative syntax, implementing dynamic overflow handling for selected items, and ensuring accessibility. The component is available as a Shadcn registry installation with customizable badges, wrapping behaviors, and search functionality.

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   Article

   marmelab·35w

   Bring MCP Support To Your Shadcn Registry

   Marmelab demonstrates how to integrate MCP (Model Context Protocol) support with their Shadcn Admin Kit registry, enabling AI-powered IDEs like Cursor to automatically install and configure React admin components. The implementation involves setting up an MCP server configuration, creating Cursor rules files for better AI guidance, and using the shadcn CLI's canary features to build MCP-compatible registries. The tutorial shows how developers can bootstrap complete admin applications with just a few prompts, including automatic component installation, configuration setup, and even custom icon integration.

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   Article

   Horde·36w

   Create Your Retro 8-Bit Profile Card with 8bitcn! 🎮

   8bitcn launched a new profile card creator that lets users generate retro 8-bit style profile cards. Users can customize their cards with personal information and images, choose from multiple retro themes, download the results as images, and copy the code via Shadcn registry for integration into their projects.

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