Shadcn/UI now defaults to Base UI instead of Radix
Shadcn/UI has switched its default component library from Radix to Base UI, citing the stability and improvements of the latter. This change affects new projects, with existing ones still supported and not requiring migration. The team has also introduced a skill to help with migration, allowing for progressive and controlled changes to projects.
- ▪Base UI is now the default component library in shadcn/ui
- ▪Radix is still supported and not being deprecated
- ▪A migration skill is available to help transition projects from Radix to Base UI
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July 2026 - Base UI as the DefaultStarting today, Base UI is the default component library in shadcn/ui. First, a bit of history. When shadcn/ui launched in January 2023, it was built on Radix. At the time, nothing else came close. Unstyled headless components, great APIs, great accessibility, battle-tested in millions of apps. Fast forward a few years and the same folks who built Radix are building something new: Base UI. They've done it once. Now they get to do it again, with everything they learned the first time. Last year, Base UI tagged a beta and a lot of you asked if we are going to replace Radix with it. I said "the worst thing you can do for your production app is switch component libraries". I meant it, and it still holds.
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