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shadcn/ui for Django

Project description

shadcn_django

Beautifully designed components that you can copy and paste into your apps, based on shadcn/ui.

This is an unofficial Django port of shadcn/ui. This project is not affiliated with shadcn.

Components are built with Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js and are HTMX-compatible, making them highly customizable and interactive.

shadcn_django provides a CLI tool that allows you to initialize and add shadcn-style components to your Django templates.

Docs: https://shadcn-django.com

Features

  • 🧩 Add components individually as needed
  • 🎨 Based on Tailwind CSS for beautiful, responsive styling
  • 🚀 Easy initialization of shadcn component architecture in Django projects
  • ⚙️ Uses Alpine.js for interactive functionality
  • 🛠️ Simple CLI commands for easy distribution
  • 📦 Automatically installs component dependencies

An Example of a component (Toast with an action button)

<div class="p-5" x-data>
  <c-toast.trigger variant="outline" toast_target="toast-success">
    Show Success Toast
  </c-toast.trigger>
</div>

<c-toast id="toast-success">
  <c-toast.content
    type="default"
    title="Success"
    description="This is a success message"
  >
    <c-button>Share</c-button>
  </c-toast.content>
</c-toast>

Toast

Installation

This is not a component library that you install. It is how you build your component library.

Use the CLI to initialize and add components without the need for installing it in your Django project.

uvx shadcn_django@latest --help

or, if you use pipx:

pipx run shadcn_django@latest --help

Getting Started

0. Add django-cotton to your Django project

shadcn_django uses django-cotton to manage the component architecture, because of it's elegant html like syntax. It is also interoperable with django templates, so you won't have to switch over your entire project.

See django-cotton installtion instructions.

1. Initialize shadcn-django in your project

uvx shadcn_django init

This will:

  • Create a templates/cotton directory for your components
  • Add the necessary Tailwind configuration files
  • Set up the CSS variables for shadcn's design system

2. Set up Tailwind CSS

Make sure you have Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js installed:

You can use npm or yarn to install tailwindcss:

npm install -D tailwindcss tailwindcss-animate

or, you can also use django-tailwind-cli if you don't want to use node.

See alpinejs docs for installation instructions: https://alpinejs.dev/installation

Add the CSS and Alpine.js to your base template <head> tag:

<!-- Tailwind CSS output file -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/output.css' %}" />

<!-- Alpine.js tag - directly from CDN (not recommended for production) -->
<script defer src="https://unpkg.com/alpinejs@3.x.x/dist/cdn.min.js"></script>

Run Tailwind to generate your CSS:

npx @tailwindcss/cli -i input.css -o static/css/output.css --watch

3. Add components

List available components:

uvx shadcn_django list

Add a component:

uvx shadcn_django add button

This will add the button component and any of its dependencies to your templates/cotton directory.

Using Components in Django Templates

After adding components, you can use them in your Django templates:

<div>
  <c-button variant="outline">Cancel</c-button>
  <c-button variant="default">Submit</c-button>
</div>

Customization

When you use the CLI to add components, they are copied into your project folder. You own the components and can customize them as you see fit.

All components use Tailwind CSS classes and can also be customized by passing additional classes:

<c-button variant="default" class="w-full mt-4" />

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.

Prior Art

License

MIT

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