# jakobhoeg/shadcn-chat

CLI for adding customizable and re-usable chat components to your applications. Build beautiful chat interfaces in minutes.

Repository: https://github.com/jakobhoeg/shadcn-chat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shadcn-chat
Homepage: https://shadcn-chat.vercel.app
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nextjs, nextjs14, react, react-component, shadcn, shadcn-ui, ui-library, cli, npm, npm-package, npx
Last push: 2025-08-12T16:55:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 44/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 36, release rhythm 40, longevity 68
- inputs: {"age_days": 955, "days_push": 386, "days_rel": 605, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1623, forks 141 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.674116+00:00)

## What it is
A CLI tool (shadcn-chat-cli) that installs customizable, reusable chat UI components built with React and shadcn/ui into your project. It provides ready-made chat windows, headers, message lists, and toolbars for building chat interfaces quickly.

## Use cases
- add chat components to a react app
- build a chat interface with shadcn ui
- create an ai chatbot frontend with vercel ai sdk
- install prebuilt chat message components via npx
- make a responsive chat window in nextjs

## When to choose
- you use React with shadcn/ui and want drop-in chat components
- you want a quick, customizable chat UI without building from scratch
- you're building a chatbot frontend on Next.js

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the author has discontinued maintenance
- you don't use React or shadcn/ui
- you need a full backend chat service rather than UI components

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, ui-components, chat-interface, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, chatbots, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: shadcn-ui, react-components, nextjs, chat-ui, npm-package, component-installer, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- jakobhoeg/shadcn-chat (main) score 44

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.674116+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:48:49.699659+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jakobhoeg/shadcn-chat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.674116+00:00, sha d510c4f0b930)
  - homepage: https://shadcn-chat.vercel.app (fetched 2026-08-29T11:21:46.037360+00:00, sha 17ac3526898a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.