@8bitcn
Reliable 88/100 · #17 of 342 scoredA set of 8-bit styled retro components. Works with your favorite frameworks. Open Source. Open Code.
@8bitcn is a shadcn UI community registry. Its source repository is TheOrcDev/8bitcn-ui , which has 2k GitHub stars, 118 forks and 40 contributors. The last commit was 1d ago (23 commits in the last 90 days). It scores 88/100 on Sealambda's maturity index, placing it in the Reliable tier.
Maturity breakdown
last commit 1d ago · 23 commits/90d · solo maintainer
2k★ · 118 forks
40 contributors · bus factor 1 · 7 watching
87/101 issues closed (86%)
MIT · 57% health files
Repository facts
- 2k
- Stars
- 118
- Forks
- 40
- Contributors
- 1
- Bus factor
- 14
- Open issues
- 87
- Closed issues
- 23
- Commits (90d)
- TypeScript
- Language
- MIT
- License
- —
- Latest version
- none
- Releases
- 1d ago
- Last commit
License, pricing and purpose
- License
- MIT · ✓ OSI-approved
- Permissive: Use, change and redistribute freely, keeping the notice.
- Access
- FOSS
- An OSI-approved or FSF-libre license, and everything offered is free.
- Purpose
- An open-source retro 8-bit styled component kit and block collection built on top of shadcn/ui.
- Commercial model
- Free
- Everything the project offers is free to use, with no paid tier. Donations and sponsorships do not count as paid.
- Tied to a service
- No
- Yes when the components are a client for a commercial API or service.
- Scope
- Complete kit
- A broad, general-purpose component set that covers most everyday primitives (buttons, inputs, dialogs, menus, tables) and can be the main UI kit of an app, whether it restyles shadcn/ui or extends it.
- Domains
- Marketing, Charts, Auth
- Marketing: Landing pages, heroes, pricing tables, testimonials and other marketing sections. Charts: Charts, graphs and data visualization. Auth: Sign-in, sign-up, account and permission screens.
- Design
- Distinct look
- Has its own visual language that no longer reads as shadcn/ui, such as neobrutalism, retro pixel art, glassmorphism or skeuomorphism.
- Coverage
- 78%
- Share of shadcn/ui core primitives that the registry ships.
- Design distance
- 0.95
- Measured on sample items: 0 is identical to vanilla shadcn/ui, 1 is entirely different.
Evidence
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“Free. Open Source. Built on shadcn/ui.”
commercial · readme ↗ -
“A retro UI library of 8-bit styled shadcn/ui components, blocks, and game-ready interfaces for modern React apps.”
scope · homepage ↗ -
“8-bit components and blocks that feel like a critical hit.”
design · homepage ↗ -
“chart-area-step (registry:block)”
domains · registry ↗ -
“login-form (registry:block)”
domains · registry ↗ -
“pricing1 (registry:block)”
domains · registry ↗
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Install
Add components from this registry with the shadcn CLI (configure the registry URL in your
components.json):
pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @8bitcn/[component]
endpoint: https://www.8bitcn.com/r/{name}.json
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